Támega

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Galician[edit]

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The Támega in Chaves, Portugal

Etymology[edit]

A hydronym, attested in Medieval Latin as Tamice. An *-ikos suffixed form, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably from Proto-Celtic, from Proto-Indo-European *temH- (dark); or alternatively from Proto-Celtic *tā-,[1] *tāyo- (to melt, flow), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (to melt).[2] See also Thames.

Cognate with Portuguese Tâmega.

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Proper noun[edit]

Támega m

  1. an international river flowing 145 km from the Serra de San Mamede mountain range in Galicia, to the Douro river in Entre-os-Rios, Portugal

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Kitson, Peter R. (1996) “British and European River Names”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, volume 94, number 2, →DOI, pages 73–118
  2. ^ Bascuas, Edelmiro (2006) Hidronimia y léxico de origen paleoeuropeo en Galicia, Sada: Ediciós do Castro, pages 31-33