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Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin sobrīnus (“maternal cousin”), substantivised form of the Proto-Italic adjective *swezrīnos (“of the sister”). Compare Old Leonese sopbrino and Old Spanish sobrino.
Pronunciation
Noun
sobrinho m (plural sobrinhos)
- nephew
Descendants
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sobrinno, sobrino (“nephew”), from Latin sobrīnus (“maternal cousin”), from Proto-Italic *swezrīnos (“of the sister”), from *swezōr (“sister”).
Cognate with Galician sobriño, Asturian sobrín and Spanish sobrino.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iɲu
- Hyphenation: so‧bri‧nho
Noun
sobrinho m (plural sobrinhos, feminine sobrinha, feminine plural sobrinhas)
- nephew