touticeira

Galician

Etymology

From toutizo (head; clod), from Paleo-Hispanic, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (people, nation; heap?), from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (to swell).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /towtiˈθejɾa̝/

Noun

touticeira f (plural touticeiras)

  1. hill

References

  1. ^ Julian Santano Moreno (2004) “La familia del IE *teu-"hincharse" en las lenguas romances y en vasco. El sustrato indoeuropeo en la etimologia romance”, in Nouvelle revue d'onomastique[1], volume 43, number 1, →ISSN, pages 3-60