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”).

Noun

*sennus m (oblique *sennum); second declension

sense, reason
direction, way

Declension

Second declension.

Italo-Western declension of *sennus
Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	*sę́nnọs	*sę́nni
genitive	*sę́nni	*sęnnọ́rọ
dative	*sę́nnọ	*sę́nnis
accusative-ablative	*sę́nnọ	*sę́nnọs

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 Portuguese: sen
    - Galician: sen
  - → Old Spanish: sen
  - Spanish: sien
- Old Occitan: sens (partially from Latin sensus)
  - Occitan: sens