Tambre

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Galician

The Tambre at Portomouro, Val do Dubra

Etymology

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A hydronym, attested in Medieval Latin as Tamare and Tamara, attested in Classical Latin as Tamaris, and in Ancient Greek as Ταμάρα (Tamára). From a substrate language, probably from Celtic, from Proto-Indo-European *tm̥Hrós, from *temH- (“dark”); or alternatively from Proto-Celtic *tamo- (compare Welsh tawdd (“melts”))[1] or Proto-Celtic *tā-[2], *tāyo- (“to melt, flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt”),[3] or from Proto-Indo-European *tm̥h₁-ró-, from the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- (“to cut”).[4] See also English Thames, Tamar and German Zembs.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tambre m

  1. A river in Galicia, Spain. It flows some 125 km to the Atlantic Ocean near Noia.

See also

References

  1. ^ Albrecht Greule (2014 January 31) Deutsches Gewässernamenbuch: Etymologie der Gewässernamen und der zugehörigen Gebiets-, Siedlungs- und Flurnamen‎[1], De Gruyter, →ISBN, retrieved 7 February 2019, page 612
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  4. ^ Falileyev, Alexander (1997). Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-Names, Aberystwyth University.
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