bżonn
Maltese
/ˈbzɔnn/
noun
Definitions
- need
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian bisognu derived from Old French besoing (need) derived from Latin *bisonium derived from Frankish *bisunnju, *sunnju (care, concern) derived from Proto-Germanic *sunjō (truth, excuse).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*sunjō
Gloss
truth, excuse
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *bisonium Latin
- bisogno Italian
- besoin French
- *h₁s-ónt-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *sent- Proto-Indo-European
- *sunjō Proto-Germanic
- synn Old English
- besoing Old French
- besonge Old French
- bésouain Norman
- bésouogn Norman
- besoing Middle French
- besoingnable Middle French
- 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰 Gothic
- besonh Occitan
- *bisun(n)i, *bisunni Frankish
- *bisunnia Frankish
- *bisunnija, *bisunnju Frankish
- *bisunnju Frankish
- *sunnija, *sunnju Frankish
- *sunnju Frankish
- bisognu Sicilian
- bixogno Venetian
- bezéugno Ligurian
- bazuogno Istriot