Where does “bżonn” come from?
bżonn (Maltese) comes from Sicilian bisognu, from Vulgar Latin bisonium, from Frankish bisunnju, from Proto-Germanic *sunnju, from Proto-Germanic sunjō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁s-ónt-ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European h₁sónts, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs-.
bżonn (Maltese): need
Ancestry of “bżonn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sicilian | bisognu | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | bisonium | need |
| 3 | Frankish | bisunnju | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *sunnju | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sunjō | truth, sooth; denial, protest |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁s-ónt-ih₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁sónts | active participle of *h₁ésti; being, existence;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | — |