caxigo
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Galician
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Etymology
[edit]From Hispano-Celtic *cassīcu: compare Aragonese caixico, Asturian quexigu. From Proto-Celtic *kassos (“twisted, gnarled”); akin to French chêne (“oak”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]caxigo m (plural caxigos)
- (botany) Portuguese oak (Quercus faginea)
- (botany) a small oak, or one that is not fully grown
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “caxigo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “caxigo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “caxigo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Grzega, Joachim (2001) Romania Gallica Cisalpina etymologisch-geolinguistische Studien zu den oberitalienisch-rätoromanischen Keltizismen[1], Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 132 – via De Gruyter.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “quejigo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos