Vieites

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the medieval form Beeytes, from Bieito (“Benedict”) + the patronymical suffix -ez. Originally meaning "son/daughter of Benedict".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biˈejte̝s/

Proper noun

Vieites ?

  1. a surname transferred from the given name

References

  • Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “beeyte”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • "Vieites" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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