Beresmo

Beresmo

Galician

Etymology

It is probably the same toponym attested as (castello) Berisamo in a Roman Latin inscription.[1] A Celtic place name: from a descendant of Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to praise”) + Proto-Celtic *-isamo-, a superlative suffix.[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾesmo̝/

Proper noun

Beresmo m

1. A village in Avión, Avión, Ourense, Galicia.

References

• Beresmo in Aquén, Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.

1. Prósper, B. M. (2004) "Varia paleohispanica occidentalia", in Palaeohispanica, 4, page 189.
2. Luján, R. L. "Pueblos celtas y no celtas de la Galicia antigua", pages 236-237.