Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñuera

Noun

nuera f ‎(plural nueres)

1. daughter-in-law

See also

• xenru

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *nora, from Latin nurus.

Noun

nuera f (plural nueras)

1. daughter-in-law
   • c1200: Alemeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 6r. a.

     E iudas fue veer ſos ganados cõ un ſo amygo. e dyxierõlo atamar ſu nuera.

     And Judah went to see his cattle with a friend of his and they informed Tamar, his daughter-in-law.

   • Idem, f. 6r. b.

     Acabo de. iij. meſes. dyxierõ le aiuda q̃ su nuera tamar era p̃nada.

     After three months they told Judah that Tamar, his daughter-in-law, was pregnant.

Descendants

• Spanish: nuera

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish nuera, from Vulgar Latin *nora, from Latin nurus, from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnwe.ɾa], /ˈnwe.ra/
• Rhymes: -eɾa

Noun

nuera f ‎(plural nueras)

1. daughter-in-law

See also

• yerno m
• suegro m