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Reconstruction:Latin/matrana

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maˈdraːna/

Noun

*mātrāna f (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

Alternative form of mātrīna (“godmother”) (with a change in suffix to -āna)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/maˈdraːna/	*/maˈdraːnas/
oblique	*/maˈdraːna/	*/maˈdraːnas/

Descendants

Franco-Provençal: maranna
Old French: marrene, marraine
- French: marraine
- Lorrain: mouâraine
- Norman: mârraine

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “matrīna”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 501

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