estorniño

See also: estornino

Galician

Estorniño

Alternative forms

• estornillo

Etymology

13th century. From a diminutive (with -iño) of Latin sturnus. Cognate with Portuguese estorninho and Spanish estornino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /estoɾˈniɲo̝/

Noun

estorniño m (plural estorniños)

1. starling

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “estorniño”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “estorniño”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN