Reconstruction:Latin/bisonium

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

    From Frankish *bisunnija, from *bi- (“be-”) +‎ *sunnija, from Proto-Germanic *sunjō, from Proto-Indo-European *sent-. Compare the attested sonium (Sortes Sangallenses, 600 CE). Eventually surfaces in eleventh-century Medieval Latin as bisonium, at that point a borrowing from Romance.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /beˈsɔɲɲu/

    Noun

    *bisonium n (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

    1. need

    Declension

    singular plural
    nominative */beˈsɔɲɲu/ */beˈsɔɲɲa/
    oblique */beˈsɔɲɲu/ */beˈsɔɲɲa/

    Descendants

    • Italo-Romance:
      • Italian: bisogno
        • Sabir: bisogno
        • → Sardinian: bisonzu
        • → Spanish: bisoño, bisoña
      • Sicilian: bisognu
    • North Italian:
    • Gallo-Romance:
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