amieiro

Galician

Etymology

From older ameeyro, from a substrate language's *ameno ("alder") + -eiro, a suffix which forms tree names; compare the related terms Amial from Amenālem and Amedo from Amenētum. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amiˈejɾo̝/

Noun

amieiro m (plural amieiros)

1. black alder tree (Alnus glutinosa)

   Synonyms: abeneiro, ameneiro

Usage notes

Abeneiro or ameneiro is the usual name of the black alder in northwestern Galicia, while amieiro is the usual name in the south and the east.

Related terms

• A Meda
• Ameal
• Amedo
• Amendo
• Amial
• Amido
• Amieira

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ameeyr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “amieyr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “amieiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

amieiro (Alnus glutinosa)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese *amẽeiro, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  *amoenarium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˈmjɐj.ɾu/, /ɐ.ˈmjej.ɾu/
• Hyphenation: a‧mi‧ei‧ro

Noun

amieiro m (plural s)

1. alder (any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus)