sonium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *sunnju (“responsibility, care”).

Noun

sonium n (genitive soniī or sonī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) care, attention

Derived terms

• exoniō

Descendants

• Old French: soing, soign, suin
  • Middle French: soign, soin
    • French: soin
  • Norman: souongne (Jèrriais)
  • Picard: swîn (Athois)
  • Walloon: sogne (Charleroi, Forrières, Liégeois)

References

• Burkitt, F. C. (1926) “Codex Bezae and the Sortes Sangallenses”, in The Journal of Theological Studies, volume os-XXVIII, →DOI, pages 58–59
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*sunni”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 17: Germanismes: S–Z, page 272