Reconstruction:Latin/superanus

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

super +‎ -ānus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sopeˈranos/

Adjective

*superānus (feminine *superāna, neuter *superānum); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

sovereign, chief

Inflection

First/second declension.

Italo-Western declension of *superānus
Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	*sọpęránọs	*sọpęrána	*sọpęránọ	*sọpęráni	*sọpęránę	*sọpęrána
genitive	*sọpęráni	*sọpęránę	*sọpęráni	*sọpęranọ́rọ	*sọpęranárọ	*sọpęranọ́rọ
dative	*sọpęránọ	*sọpęránę	*sọpęránọ	*sọpęránis	*sọpęránis	*sọpęránis
accusative-ablative	*sọpęránọ	*sọpęránã	*sọpęránọ	*sọpęránọs	*sọpęránas	*sọpęrána

Noun

*superānus m (oblique *superānum); second declension

sovereign, chief, lord, ruler, etc.

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/sopeˈranos/	*/sopeˈrani/
oblique	*/sopeˈranu/	*/sopeˈranos/

Descendants

Italian: soprano, sovrano (modelled after Old French)
- → English: soprano
  - → Norman: soprano
Ladin: suvran
Old French: soverain
- → English: sovereign
- French: souverain
  - → Danish: suveræn
  - → German: souverän
  - → Romanian: suveran
Old Occitan: sobeiran
- Catalan: sobirà
- Gascon: sobiran
- Occitan: sobeiran
Old Portuguese:
- Galician: soberano
- Portuguese: soberano
Spanish: soberano

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