Logoso
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Pre-Roman toponym of disputed etymology. The hypothesis with most support —Edelmiro Bascuas— derives it from a paleo-European base *lōg- of hydronymic value ('watercourse, spring'), with the Galician abundantial suffix -oso. The hamlet sits next to the Logoso stream, tributary of the Xallas.
The root *lōg-, paleo-European hydronymic, appears in Atlantic toponyms such as Lugo (Lucus), Lago, Logueres and Logarón. The Galician suffix -oso, derived from the Latin -osus, has abundantial value: 'place abundant in X'. The hamlet of Logoso is an intermediate stop between A Pena and Olveiroa, settled at the head of the Xallas river.
Evolution of the name
- *lōg- pre-Roman Paleo-European before the 3rd century BC
- Logoso medieval Galician from the 12th century
Glossary
- Etymology
- The origin and history of a word and the phonetic and semantic changes it has undergone. An etymology may be confirmed, probable or disputed depending on documentary attestations and linguistic parallels.
- Hydronymic
- Pertaining to hydronyms (place names from watercourses).
- Pre-Roman
- Prior to the Romanisation of the Iberian peninsula (3rd century BC); applied to toponyms, linguistic roots and populations.
- Xallas River
- Galician watercourse that originates in the Outes range and flows into the Atlantic at Ézaro (Dumbría council) after 64 kilometres. It is the only river of continental Europe that flows directly into the sea through a waterfall (the Fervenza do Ézaro, 130 metres), regulated by hydroelectric dam since 1903.
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