sonjon

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

songeon (Old Bressan) chonzhon (Bressan) sonzon (Genevois) songeon (Old Neuchâtelois) songeon (Neuchâtelois) songion (Old Savoyard) sondzon, chanjhon (Savoyard) sondzón (Valdôtain) sondzon (Vaudois)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *summiōnem.

Noun

sonjon m (plural sonjons) (ORB, broad)

1. summit

References

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

Further information

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*summio”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 12: Sk–š, page 427