-bre
Galician
Ancient and modern toponyms derived from Celtic *brixs/brigā in the Iberian Peninsula
Alternative forms
- -obe, -ove
Etymology
From Gallaecian -bris (compare Aviliobris) from Proto-Celtic *brixs (“fortified place”)[1] from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥ǵʰs. Compare English -burgh.
Suffix
-bre m (noun-forming suffix, plural -bres)
- place name deuterotheme which originally named Iron Age local fortified places
Related terms
- Alcobre
- Anzobre
- Añobre
- Añobres
- Aviliobris
- Baiobre
- Bañobre
- Barallobre
- Bedrobe
- Bendrade
- Biobra
- Boebre
- Brión
- Callobre
- Canzobre
- Castrove
- Cecebre
- Cezobre
- Cillobre
- Ciobre
- Coebre
- Cortobe
- Fiobre
- Illobre
- Iñobre
- Ixobre
- Landrove
- Laxobre
- Lentobre
- Lestrobe
- Lubre
- Maiobre
- Montrove
- Nemetobriga
- Ogrobe
- O Grobe
- Ombre
- O Obre
- O Xobre
- Pantiñobre
- Partovia
- Pezobre
- Rañobre
- Sansobre
- Sillobre
- Tallobre
- Tiobre
- Tragove
- Trobe
- Truebe
- Xiabre
References
- "-bre" in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- Prósper, Blanca María (2002). Lenguas y religiones prerromanas del occidente de la península ibérica. Salamanca: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca. →ISBN.
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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