toutizo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese toutiço (back of the head) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Paleo-Hispanic, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (people, nation; heap?), from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (to swell).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /towˈtiθo̝/, (western) /towˈtiso̝/

Noun

toutizo m (plural toutizos)

  1. top of the head
  2. nape
  3. top of a hill
  4. clod
  5. tuft
  6. extreme

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