Reconstruction:Latin/superanus

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

super +‎ -ānus.

Pronunciation

(Proto-Italo-Western Romance) IPA^(key): /sopeˈranos/

Adjective

*superānus (feminine *superāna, neuter *superānum); first/second-declension adjective

sovereign, chief

Inflection

First/second declension.

Italo-Western declension of *superānus
Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	*sọpęránọs	*sọpęrána	*sọpęránọ	*sọpęráni	*sọpęránę	*sọpęrána
genitive	*sọpęráni	*sọpęránę	*sọpęráni	*sọpęranọ́rọ	*sọpęranárọ	*sọpęranọ́rọ
dative	*sọpęránọ	*sọpęránę	*sọpęránọ	*sọpęránis	*sọpęránis	*sọpęránis
accusative-ablative	*sọpęránọ	*sọpęránã	*sọpęránọ	*sọpęránọs	*sọpęránas	*sọpęrána

Noun

*superānus m (oblique *superānum); second declension

sovereign, chief, lord, ruler, etc.

Inflection

Second declension.

Italo-Western declension of *superānus
Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	*sọpęránọs	*sọpęráni
genitive	*sọpęráni	*sọpęranọ́rọ
dative	*sọpęránọ	*sọpęránis
accusative-ablative	*sọpęránọ	*sọpęránọs

Descendants

Italian: soprano, sovrano (modelled after Old French)
- → English: soprano
  - → Norman: soprano
Ladin: suvran
Old French: soverain
- → English: sovereign
- French: souverain
  - → Danish: suveræn
  - → German: souverän
  - → Romanian: suveran
Old Occitan: sobeiran
- Catalan: sobirà
- Occitan: sobeiran
Old Portuguese:
- Galician: soberano
- Portuguese: soberano
Spanish: soberano