soing

Middle French

Noun

soing m (plural soings)

care; attention; thought

Descendants

French: soin

Old French

Alternative forms

soign, suin

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *sunnija (“worry, care, concern”), from Proto-Germanic *sunjō, *sunþijō (“truth, care, responsibility”), from Proto-Indo-European *snt-, *sent- (“being, true”), from *h₁es-, *h₁esmi- (“to be”).

Noun

soing m (oblique plural soinz, nominative singular soinz, nominative plural soing)

care; attention; thought

Descendants

Middle French: soign, soin
- French: soin
Norman: souongne (Jèrriais)
Picard: swîn (Athois)
Walloon: sogne (Charleroi, Forrières, Liégeois)

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (soign, supplement)

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