Where does “סוני” come from?
סוני (Hebrew) comes from English Sony, from Latin sonus, from Latin sonō, from Proto-Italic *swonaō — to sound, resound.
סוני (Hebrew): Sony, a Japanese company known for consumer electronics
Definitions
- Sony, a Japanese company known for consumer electronics
Ancestry of “סוני”, step by step
סוני traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Sony
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Sony | An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan |
| 2 | Latin | sonus | sound, noise; pitch; speech; tone, character,... |
| 3 | Latin | sonō | to sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context) |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *swonaō | to sound, resound |
via Arabic سُنِّيّ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | سُنِّيّ | — |
| 2 | Arabic | ـِيّ | {{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and... |