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bidueiros, Abadín, Galicia

From a medieval form bitulario, from *bitulo + -eiro, a suffix which forms tree names. From a substrate form *betŭlo-, *bitŭlo-, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *betu- (birch), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- (resin, pitch).[1][2]

Compare bido, bedulo, and bídalo.

bidueiro m (plural bidueiros)

  1. birch tree (Betula)
  2. downy birch (Betula pubescens)
    Synonyms: bídalo, bido, bedulo
  1. ^ Cf. Gonzalo Navaza (2006) Fitotoponimia Galega, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, →ISBN, pages 80-89.
  2. ^ Cf. Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “abedul”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos