cerquiño

Galician

Alternative forms

cerqueño

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cerquus, from Latin quercus (“oak tree”), and a number of different suffixes; from Proto-Indo-European *pérkus (“oak”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θeɾˈkiɲo̝/, (western) /seɾˈkiɲo̝/

Noun

cerquiño m (plural cerquiños)

(botany) Pyrenean oak (Quercus pyrenaica)
Synonyms: carballo cerqueiro, carballo cerquiño, carballo negral, cerqueiro, rebolo

Related terms

cerqueda
cerqueiro
Cerquido

References

"cerquiño" in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“cerquiño” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“cerquiño” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Gonzalo Navaza (2006) Fitotoponimia Galega, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, →ISBN, pages 212-214.

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