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Ézaro

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Waterfalls formed by the river Xallas, ancient Esar, at its mouth, O Ézaro

Etymology

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Attested as Santa Ougea de Esere in 1384. From a local Indo-European substrate language, from the old name of the river Xallas, documented in local Latin medieval documents as Esar; from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ish₂-ró-s,[1][2] from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂- (“to strengthen, propel”). Cognate with German Isar, among other European river names.

Pronunciation

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  • (locally) IPA(key): [ˈɛsɐɾʊ]

Proper noun

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Ézaro

  1. A parish of Dumbría, A Coruña, Galicia
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References

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  • “Ézaro” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “santa ougea de esere”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  1. ^ Búa, Carlos (2010). "Sobre topónimos modernos galegos en -ollo de posible orixe prerromana", in ACTAS DO I CONGRESO “Frei Martín Sarmiento”, page 392.
  2. ^ Greule, Albrecht (2014) Deutsches Gewässernamenbuch: Etymologie der Gewässernamen und der dazugehörigen Gebiets-, Siedlungs- und Flurnamen, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 245
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