cinno

Emilian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃino/

Noun

cinno m (feminine singular cinna, masculine plural cinno, feminine plural cinni)

  1. boy, kid

Latin

Etymology

From cinnus (wink, noun) +‎ (verb-forming suffix). Found in the Reichenau Glossary.[1]

Verb

cinnō (present infinitive cinnāre, perfect active cinnāvī, supine cinnātum); first conjugation (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. to blink

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: chinnire (with change in verb class)
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Spanish: ceñar

Forms prefixed with ad-:

  • Italo-Romance:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Old French: acener
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Portuguese: acenar
    • Spanish: aceñar

Forms influenced by signāre:

  • Italo-Dalmatian:
    • Venetan: cignar
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Romansh: tschigner
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Lombard: scignà, signà
    • Piedmontese: cignè
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Old Franco-Provençal: cignar
      • Franco-Provençal: s'gni
    • Old French: cinier, cigner, seiner
      • Bourbonnais-Berrichon: cigni

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “cĭnnare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 689