môrdre

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

• meurdre, mouodre, mourde, mouâdre

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mordĕre.

Verb

môrdre (ORB, broad)

1. to bite

References

• mordre in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• môrdre in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1109: “mordere” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 1856: “mordre; morsure” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “mŏrdĕre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 126