ontre

Galician

Alternative forms

• unter (dated)

Etymology

Attested in Old Galician (Cantigas de Santa Maria) and rendered as unter in local Medieval Latin, derives probably from Suevic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *under: compare Old High German unter (“among, between”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈontɾe̝/

Preposition

ontre

1. between, among

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ontre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ontre”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG