Berbia

Berbia

See also: berbia

Galician

Etymology

From a substrate language, probably from Proto-Celtic *berwyā (compare Welsh berw (“to boil”)), ultimatelly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerwyeh₂, from *bʰerw- (“to boil”).[1] Berbia is also the name of other rivulets in Galicia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɾβja̝/

Proper noun

Berbia f

1. A river in Zas, A Coruña, Galicia.
   1. A village in Santo Adrián de Castro, Zas, A Coruña, Galicia.
      1. A toponymical surname​.

Related terms

• berbia

References

• “Berbia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “Berbia” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
• “Berbia” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

1. Búa, Carlos (2018) Toponimia prelatina de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela: USC, →ISBN, page 180.