jornâ
Franco-Provençal
Alternative forms
- jorna (Old Dauphinois)
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta.
Verb
jornâ f (plural jornâs) (ORB, broad)
- the span of a day
Notes
Not synchronically derivable from the related jorn (“day”) since the latter has only a silent ⟨n⟩.
References
- journée in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
- jornâ in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
Further information
- ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 731: “journée” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “diurnum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 3: D–F, page 103