suèr

See also: suer, suër, and sür

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

• suèra, seror

Etymology

Inherited from Latin soror (nominative).

Noun

suèr f (plural suèrs) (ORB, broad)

1. sister

   Coordinate term: frâre (“brother”)

Notes

The variant seror reflects the Latin accusative sorōrem.

References

• sœur in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• suèr 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 14: “tua sorella; tue sorelle” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 1236: “sœur” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sŏror”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 12: Sk–š, page 115