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Galician
Etymology
From a substrate language, probably from Proto-Celtic *berwyā (compare Welsh berw (“to boil”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerwyeh₂, from *bʰerw- (“to boil”).[1] Berbia is also the name of other rivulets in Galicia.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Berbia f
- A river in Zas, A Coruña, Galicia
- A village in Santo Adrián de Castro parish, Zas, A Coruña, Galicia
- a toponymical surname
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “Berbia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “Berbia” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- “Berbia” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Búa, Carlos (2018) Toponimia prelatina de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela: USC, →ISBN, page 180.