Reconstruction:Latin/sennus

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

Alternative forms

*sinnus

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *sinn (“sense, direction”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɛnnos/

Noun

*sennus m (oblique *sennum); second declension (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

sense, reason
direction, way

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/ˈsɛnnos/	*/ˈsɛnni/
oblique	*/ˈsɛnnu/	*/ˈsɛnnos/

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: senno
Padanian:
- Piedmontese: sign, sògn (“temple”)
Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: sens, sen, san (partially from Latin sensus)
  - Middle French: sens
    - French: sens
  - Picard: sins
  - → Middle English: sense, sence, sens
    - English: sense, sence
      - → Afrikaans: sense
Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: seny
- Old Occitan: sen, senn
  - Occitan: sen
  - → Old Galician-Portuguese: sen
    - Fala: sen
    - Galician: sen
  - → Old Spanish: sen
    - Spanish: sien
- Old Occitan: sens (partially from Latin sensus)
  - Occitan: sens

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