estornillo

Galician

Estorniño or estornillo

Alternative forms

estorniño, tornillo

Etymology

13th century. From a diminutive (with -illo, from Latin -culus) of Latin sturnus (“starling”). Cognate with Portuguese estorninho and Spanish estornino.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /estoɾˈniɲo̝/

Noun

estornillo m (plural estornillos)

starling

References

“estornillo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
“estornillo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“estorniño” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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