cinno

Emilian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃino/

Noun

cinno m (feminine singular cinna, masculine plural cinno, feminine plural cinni)

  1. boy, kid

Latin

Etymology

From cinnus (wink, noun) +‎ (verb-forming suffix). Found in the Reichenau Glossary.[1]

Verb

cinnō (present infinitive cinnāre, perfect active cinnāvī, supine cinnātum); first conjugation (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. to blink

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Italian: cennare (archaic)
  • Neapolitan: zennare
  • Old French: cener
  • Old Occitan: cenar
  • Spanish: ceñar
  • Sardinian: chinnire (with a change in verb class)

Forms prefixed with ad-:

Forms influenced by signāre:

  • Old Franco-Provençal: cignar
    • Franco-Provençal: s'gni
  • Old French: cinier, seiner, cigner
    • Bourbonnais-Berrichon: cigni
  • Old North Italian cignar
  • Piedmontese: cignè
  • Romansch: tschigner
  • Venetan: cignar

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cĭnnare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 689