Támega

Galician
The Támega in Chaves, Portugal

Etymology

A hydronym, attested in Medieval Latin as Tamice. 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.

Cognate with Portuguese Tâmega.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtame̝ɣa̝/

Proper noun

Támega m

  1. An international river flowing 145 km from the Serra de San Mamede mountain range in Galicia, to the Douro river in Entre-os-Rios, Portugal.
  • Támagos
  • Tamaguelos
  • Tamicelas

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 31-33
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