berro
See also: berrò
Galician edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Back-formation from berrar (“to yell”).
Noun edit
berro m (plural berros)
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
berro
Etymology 2 edit
From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia,[1] from Proto-Celtic *beruro- (“watercress”). Cognate with Spanish berro, Asturian berriu, Breton beler and Gaulish berula.[2][3]
Noun edit
berro m (plural berros)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “berro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “berro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “berro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “berro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 62-63.
- ^ Grzega, Joachim (2001) Romania Gallica Cisalpina etymologisch-geolinguistische Studien zu den oberitalienisch-rätoromanischen Keltizismen[1], Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 83 – via De Gruyter.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛʁu
- Hyphenation: ber‧ro
Etymology 1 edit
Deverbal from berrar (“to yell”).
Noun edit
berro m (plural berros)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
berro
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Gaulish *bẹrŭro-, from Proto-Celtic *beru, akin to Old Irish bir (“water, spring”). Cognate with Asturian berriu, Galician berro and Breton beler.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
berro m (plural berros)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “berro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014