Bertomil

Galician

Etymology

From Late or Medieval Latin Bertamiri, in origin a Germanic personal name expressed as a Latin genitive, so meaning "Bertamir's property"; from Suevic or Gothic, from Proto-Germanic *Berhtamēraz, from *berhtaz (“bright”) + *mēraz (“famous”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /beɾtoˈmil/

Proper noun

Bertomil

  1. A village in Brates, Boimorto, A Coruña, Galicia.

References
  1. Piel, J. M., & Kremer, D. (1976). Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch: der Niederschlag des Westgotischen in den alten und heutigen Personen- und Ortsnamen der Iberischen Halbinsel. Heidelberg: Carl Winter.
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