marrêna

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Compare French marraine.

Noun

marrêna f (plural marrênes) (ORB)

godmother
Coordinate term: parren (“godfather”)

References

marraine in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
marrêna in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 820: “marraine” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “matrīna”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 500

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