Tejo

Meaning

Tagus (a river in Portugal and Spain)

Concepts

Tagus

Tagus River

Synonyms

Tajo

Rio Tejo

Rio tejo

rio Tejo

Translations

Tajo

Tajo

Tage

Taag

Tago

Tajo

Tagus

Tejo

Tejo

Τάγος

ποταμός Τάγος

Tage

نهر التاجة

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɛ.ʒu/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: Tagus

Cognate with Galician: Texo

Cognate with Mirandese: Teijo

Cognate with Asturian: Texu

Cognate with Spanish: Tajo

Cognate with Aragonese: Tacho

Cognate with Catalan: Tajo

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese Tejo, from Latin Tagus. The change from /ɡ/ to /ʒ/ was an influence of Arabic /d͡ʒ/, while the change from /a/ to /e/ corresponded to a process of imala, absent in Spanish.
Cognate with Galician Texo, Mirandese Teijo, Asturian Texu, Spanish Tajo, Aragonese Tacho and Catalan Tajo.