toutelo

Galician

Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (people, nation; heap?), from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (to swell).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /towˈtɛlo̝/

Noun

toutelo m (plural toutelos)

  1. mound
  • touta (dam)
  • touteiro (extreme of an axis)
  • touriceira (hill)
  • toutizo
  • touza

References

  1. Julian Santano Moreno (2004), “La familia del IE *teu-"hincharse" en las lenguas romances y en vasco. El sustrato indoeuropeo en la etimologia romance”, in Nouvelle revue d'onomastique, volume 43, issue 1, ISSN 0755-7752, pages 3-60
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