estorniño

See also: estornino

Galician
Estorniño

Alternative forms

Etymology

13th century. From a diminutive (with -iño) of Latin sturnus. Cognate with Portuguese estorninho and Spanish estornino.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /estoɾˈniɲo̝/

Noun

estorniño m (plural estorniños)

  1. starling

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