Where does “sen” come from?
sen (Asturian) comes from Old Leonese sen, from Old Occitan sen, from Vulgar Latin sennus, from Frankish sinn, from Proto-Germanic sinnaz, from Proto-Indo-European sentnós, from Proto-Indo-European sent-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.
sen (Asturian): direction
Definitions
- direction
Ancestry of “sen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Leonese | sen | — |
| 2 | Old Occitan | sen | direction; orientation; sense; ability to reason |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | sennus | sense, reason, way; sense, reason; direction, way |
| 4 | Frankish | sinn | reason, judgement, mental faculty, way,... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sinnaz | sense, perception; sense, meaning |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sentnós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sent- | to head for, to go, to travel; to feel |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |