suenno

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin somnium (“dream”), from somnus (“sleep, slumber”), from Proto-Italic *swepnos, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, from *swep- (“to sleep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsweɲo/

Noun

suenno m (plural suennos)

1. dream
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 5v:

     Andat ⁊ matemoſle. Echemoſle en aq̃l pozo. E ueremos que prol aura so suenno. e pues diremos q̃ beſtia mala lo mato ⁊ lo comẏo. Oẏo lo ruben ⁊ peſol eq̃ſol enparar

     “Go and let us kill him. Let us throw him into that pit, and we shall see of what use his dream is to him! And then we will say that a fierce beast killed and ate him.” Reuben heard this and was grieved by it, and decided to protect him.

Related terms

• sonnar

Descendants

• Ladino: esfuenyo, esuenyo
• Spanish: sueño