Támoga

Támoga

Galician

Alternative forms

• Támboga

Etymology

A hydronym, attested in Medieval Latin as Tamega. An *-ikos suffixed form, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably from Proto-Celtic, from Proto-Indo-European *temH- (“dark”); or alternatively from Proto-Celtic *tā-[1], *tāyo- (“to melt, flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt”).[2] See also Thames.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtamo̝ɣa̝/

Proper noun

Támoga m

1. A river flowing 25 km to the Minho river in Cospeito, Galicia.

References

1. Kitson, Peter R. (1996), “British and European River Names”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, volume 94, issue 2, DOI:10.1111/j.1467-968X.1996.tb01178.x, pages 73–118
2. Bascuas, Edelmiro (2006) Hidronimia y léxico de origen paleoeuropeo en Galicia, Sada: Ediciós do Castro, pages 33