Reconstruction:Latin/nora

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Alternative forms

*norus (Balkans)

Etymology

From Late Latin nura, with the stressed vowel replaced by that of other female kinship terms such as sŏcrus (“mother-in-law”) or sŏror (“sister”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɔra/

Noun

*nora f (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

daughter-in-law

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/ˈnɔra/	*/ˈnɔras/
oblique	*/ˈnɔra/	*/ˈnɔras/

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: nuora
- Neapolitan: nòra
- Sicilian: nora
North Italian:
- Gallo-Italic:
  - Gallo-Italic of Sicily: nuoira (< *noria)
  - Ligurian: nêua
  - Lombard: nöra
  - Piedmontese: nòra
    Monferrino: noira, noria (< *noria)
- Friulian: nore
Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: nôra
Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: nora
- Old Occitan: nora; noira (< *noria)
  - Occitan: nòra, nora
  - → Poitevin-Saintongeais: nore
    - → French: nore (Southwestern, obsolete)
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: nuera, ñuera
- Old Galician-Portuguese: nora
  - Galician: nora
  - Portuguese: nora
- Old Spanish: nuera
  - ⇒ Ladino: elmuera, ermuera
  - Spanish: nuera

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “nŭrus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 7: N–Pas, page 246

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