lóstrego

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Galician

lóstregos

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Etymology

Attested since 1370. Uncertain etymology. Perhaps from Latin lūstrō (I purify; I illuminate) from Latin lūstrum (sacrifice); or rather, given the stressed vowel /o/, from Proto-Celtic *lowkstriko-, from Proto-Celtic *lowko- (bright, light):[1] compare Welsh lluched (lightning) and North Catalan llaucet.[2] Alternatively, deverbal from lostregar, and this irregularly from Latin *lūstricare. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (to shine).

Pronunciation

Noun

lóstrego m (plural lóstregos)

  1. lightning
  2. flash of lightning

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References

  1. ^ Grzega, Joachim (2001) Romania Gallica Cisalpina etymologisch-geolinguistische Studien zu den oberitalienisch-rätoromanischen Keltizismen, Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, →ISBN, pages 195-196 – via De Gruyter.
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “lustre”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Old Galician-Portuguese

Noun

lóstrego m (plural lóstregos)

  1. (Galicia) lightning
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, page 392:
      ca a noyte foy moyto escura, et fezo trõos et lóstregos et uẽto moy forte, et chouj́a moy rrégeament.
      because the night was very dark, and there were thunder and lightning and a very strong wind, and it was raining heavily

Descendants

  • Galician: lóstrego

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