Tejo
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese Tejo (see for more).
Proper noun edit
Tejo
- the Tagus river, especially the Portuguese portion of it
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese Tejo, from Latin Tagus.[1] The change from /ɡ/ to /ʒ/ was an influence of Arabic /d͡ʒ/, while the change from /a/ to /e/ corresponded to a process of imala, absent in Spanish.[2]
Cognate with Galician Texo, Mirandese Teijo, Asturian Texu, Spanish Tajo, Aragonese Tacho and Catalan Tajo.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: Te‧jo
Proper noun edit
Tejo m
- Tagus (a river in Portugal and Spain)
- 1914, Alberto Caeiro, O Tejo é mais belo que o rio que corre pela minha aldeia:
- O Tejo é mais bello que o rio que corre pela minha aldeia
- The Tagus is more beautiful than the river that flows through my village
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ “Tejo” in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ 'Contributos para o estudo da potamonímia portuguesa a norte do Mondego' by Carlos Rocha