abruñeiro

Galician

abruños, fruits of the abruñeiro

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin prūnus (plum tree), probably under the influence of Proto-Celtic *agrinyos (sloe).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aβɾuˈɲejɾo̝]

Noun

abruñeiro m (plural abruñeiros)

  1. blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)

References

  1. Cf. Grzega, Joachim (2001) Romania Gallica Cisalpina etymologisch-geolinguistische Studien zu den oberitalienisch-rätoromanischen Keltizismen, Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, →ISBN, retrieved 26 August 2015, page 53. – via De Gruyter.
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 27-28.
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