estorniño

See also: estornino

Galician

Estorniño

Alternative forms

• estornillo

Etymology

13th century. From a diminutive (with -iño) of Latin sturnus. Cognate with Portuguese estorninho and Spanish estornino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /estoɾˈniɲo̝/

Noun

estorniño m (plural estorniños)

1. starling

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “estorniño”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “estorniño”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “estorniño”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “estorniño”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN