olga

See also: Olga, Oľga, and ólga

Galician

Etymology 1

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *olka, from Proto-Celtic *ɸolkā (“arable land”), from Proto-Indo-European *polḱeh₂.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɔlɣa̝/

Noun

olga m (plural olgas)

(agriculture) arable land
open path in the snow

Related terms

Olca

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Latin ulva.[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɔlɣa̝/

Noun

olga m (plural olgas)

(botany) seaweed

Synonyms

alga, ouca

References

“olga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“olga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“olga” 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.
Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. ova.

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