Méixamo
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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From a local Celtic substrate language, from Proto-Celtic *magisamo-,[1] superlative of Proto-Celtic *magyo- (“great”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”).[2] Cognate with Latin maximus, from *magissimus, *magsimus.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Méixamo
- A village in Queizán parish, Navia de Suarna, Lugo, Galicia
References
- “Méixamo” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- ^ Moralejo, Juan José (2010) "Topónimos célticos en Galicia", in Palaeohispanica (10), pages 106-107.
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 253.