freixo

Galician

Freixo

Alternative forms

• afreixo, freisno

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin fraxinus; from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥Hǵ-s-inos, adjective of *bʰerHǵos (“birch”). Cognate with Portuguese freixo and Spanish fresno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾejʃo̝/

Noun

freixo m (plural freixos)

1. ash (tree)
   • 1279, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 37:

     pelos casares do Outeyro e pela fonte do Lubus ome e pelo freixeo que stá acima da viña que foy de Pay Arias

     by the houses of Outeiro and by the fountain of the werewolf and by the ash tree that is over the vineyard that belonged to Pay Arias

Derived terms

• freixal
• Freixal
• freixedo
• Freixedo
• freixeiro
• Freixeiro
• Freixido
• Freixo
• Freixoal
• Freixoeiro
• Freixoso

References

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese freixo, freyxo, from Latin fraxinus, from *bʰr̥Hǵ-s-inos, adjective of Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos (“birch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɐj.ʃu/
• Hyphenation: frei‧xo

Noun

freixo m (plural s)

1. ash (tree)