noun · neuter
bisonium
*bisonium n
Meaning
- Proto Italo Western Romanceneuterreconstructionneed
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | /beˈsɔɲɲu/ | /beˈsɔɲɲa/ |
Origins
From Frankish *bisunnija, from *bi- (“be-”) + *sunnija, from Proto-Germanic *sunjō, from Proto-Indo-European *sent-. Compare the attested sonium (Sortes Sangallenses, 600 CE). Eventually surfaces in eleventh-century Medieval Latin as bisonium, at that point a borrowing from Romance.
Italo-Romance
- Italianbisogno
- Sardinianbisonzufrom Italian bisogno
- Spanishbisoñofrom Italian bisogno
- Portuguesebisonhofrom Italian bisogno
- Sabirbisognofrom Italian bisogno
- Asturianbisueñufrom Italian bisogno
- Maltesebżonnfrom Sicilian bisognu
Gallo-Romance
- Frenchbesognefrom Old French besoing
- Occitanbesonh
- Occitanbesonha
- Occitanbesunh
- Franco-Provençalbesogne
- Normanbésouognfrom Old French besoing
- Auvergnatbesònhfrom Occitan besonh
- Old Catalanbesuny
- Old Catalanbesunya
North Italian
- Ligurianbezéugno
- Lombardbisògn
- Lombardbesogn
- Lombardbogn
- Piedmontesebzògn
- Piedmontesebësogn
- Friulianbisugne
- Istriotbisogno
- Istriotbazuogno
- Romanshbasegn