caxigo

Galician

caxigo

Etymology

From Hispano-Celtic *cassīcu: compare Aragonese caixico, Asturian quexigu. From Proto-Celtic *casso- (“twisted, gnarled”); akin to French chêne (“oak”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈʃiɣo̝/

Noun

caxigo m (plural caxigos)

(botany) Portuguese oak (Quercus faginea)
(botany) A small oak, or one that is not fully grown.

Derived terms

caxigal
caxigueira
Caxigueira

References

“caxigo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“caxigo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“caxigo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Grzega, Joachim (2001) Romania Gallica Cisalpina etymologisch-geolinguistische Studien zu den oberitalienisch-rätoromanischen Keltizismen‎, Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 132 – via De Gruyter.

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