Galician edit

 
lóstregos

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Attested since 1370. Uncertain etymology. Perhaps from Latin lūstrō (I purify; I illuminate) from Latin lūstrum (sacrifice); or rather, given the stressed vowel /o/, from Proto-Celtic *lowkstriko-, from Proto-Celtic *lowko- (bright, light):[1] compare Welsh lluched (lightning) and North Catalan llaucet.[2] Alternatively, deverbal from lostregar, and this irregularly from Latin *lūstricare. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (to shine).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

lóstrego m (plural lóstregos)

  1. lightning
  2. flash of lightning

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References edit

  • lostrego” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • lóstrego” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • lóstrego” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • lóstrego” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • lóstrego” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Grzega, Joachim (2001) Romania Gallica Cisalpina etymologisch-geolinguistische Studien zu den oberitalienisch-rätoromanischen Keltizismen[1], Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 195-196 – via De Gruyter.
  2. ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “lustre”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Old Galician-Portuguese edit

Noun edit

lóstrego m

  1. (Galicia) lightning
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, page 392:
      ca a noyte foy moyto escura, et fezo trõos et lóstregos et uẽto moy forte, et chouj́a moy rrégeament.
      because the night was very dark, and there were thunder and lightning and a very strong wind, and it was raining heavily

Descendants edit

  • Galician: lóstrego

Further reading edit

  • lostrego” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • lóstrego” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.