coio

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Paleo-Hispanic, perhaps from Proto-Celtic *krowdi- (crude, rude, raw > hard, severe); compare Irish crua.[1][2] From Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-. Alternatively, from the same origin of con, via a medieval form *cõo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔjo̝/

Noun

coio m (plural coios)

  1. pebble
  2. stone

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “croyo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 226-227