manteiga
Galician edit
Etymology edit
12th century. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese manteiga, already attested with this spelling in a Galician Latin document from 1118; from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European (cf. Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian сметана (smetana), Polish śmietana, Slovak smotana and Slovene smetana).[1] Cognate with Portuguese manteiga, Asturian mantega, Spanish manteca and Catalan mantega.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
manteiga f (plural manteigas)
- butter
- 1286, Miguel Romaní (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). 3 vols. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións (1989, 1989, 1993), page 1131:
- huna escaa de manteyga et dous queygios
- one bowl of butter and two cheeses
- 1286, Miguel Romaní (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). 3 vols. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións (1989, 1989, 1993), page 1131:
- clarified butter
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “manteiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “manteiga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “manteiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “manteiga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “manteiga” 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) “manteca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
manteiga f
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese manteiga, of uncertain origin. Possibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia such as Iberian or Celtiberian.
Cognate with Galician and Mirandese manteiga, Asturian and Catalan mantega, Spanish and Aragonese manteca and possibly with Belarusian смятана (smjatana), Bulgarian, Russian, and Ukrainian сметана (smetana), Polish śmietana, Slovak smotana and Slovene smetana.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: man‧tei‧ga
Noun edit
manteiga f (plural manteigas)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “manteca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Tetum edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese manteiga (“butter”), from Old Galician-Portuguese manteiga.
Noun edit
manteiga