soin
See also: söin
Basque
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German sein, sīn, from Old High German sīn (“to be”). Cognate with German sein.
References
- “soin” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
French
Etymology
From Middle French soin, from Old French soing (“care”), from Frankish *sunnija (“worry, care, concern”), from Proto-Germanic *sunjō, *sunþijō (“truth, care, responsibility”), from Proto-Indo-European *sn̥t-, *sent- (“being, true”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-, *h₁esmi- (“to be”). Cognate with Old High German sunna, sunne (“truth, need, necessity, apology, justification”), Old Norse syn (“denial”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰 (sunja, “truth”). More at sooth.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /swɛ̃/
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Further reading
- “soin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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