abeneiro

• ameneiro

From Paleo-Hispanic *abenno- (“alder”) +‎ -eiro which forms tree names; from Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [aβeˈnejɾʊ]

abeneiro m (plural abeneiros)

1. black alder tree (Alnus glutinosa)

   Synonyms: ameneiro, amieiro

Abeneiro or ameneiro is the usual name of the black alder in northwestern Galicia, while amieiro is the usual name in the south and the east.

• Abeneiral
• Amenal
• Amenedo

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “abeneiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “abeneiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “amieiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN