verea

Galician

Etymology

From local Medieval Latin vereda (“main road”), perhaps from Vulgar Latin verēdus (“light breed of horse”), from Gaulish *werēdos, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *uɸorēdos (compare Welsh gorwydd (“horse”)). Cognate with Portuguese Breia and Spanish vereda (“path”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈɾe.a̝/, /ˈbɾe.a̝/

Noun

verea f (plural vereas)

1. path
   • 1343, Manuel Lucas Alvarez & María José Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 177:

     Item uos vendo demays os tallos anbos que jazen enna agra de cortinas et os quaes entestan enna uerea que uay de Restande para a eglleia

     Item, I sell to you both fields that are in the [farm named] Agra de Cotiñas, which border with the path which goes from Restande to the church

2. (dated) road

Derived terms

• Brea
• Verea

References

• “uerea” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “verea” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “verea” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “verea” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.