The Latin Neuter Plurals in Romance - Page ON

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r) The position in Catalan is exactly the same as in modern French,
with the -ETU forms only turning up in placenames, apart from one dialectal
form. So we have arb(o)reda/albreda, albereda (alba-), Alzinet/Valen.
aulet/alzineda/auleda (holm-oak), Avellanet/avellaneda, boixeda (and
Boixedera), Canet, Caraixet (holm-oak), Cardet, Casanet (as Fr. chênaie),
Castanyet/castanyeda, Cercet/Cerqueda/Cerceneda (cf. Moz. cherco ‘oak’),
Espinet, Espinalbet, Faget/Fayet/fageda, Fonollet (Fe-)/fonolleda (fe-),
Freixenet/freix(en)eda, Grevoleda, Lloret/lloreda(r), Maçaneda,
Moret/Muret/Mureda, No(u)et/Noguet/No(s)edes/noguereda (Nogareda),
Olivet/oliv(ar)eda, Omet/o(l)meda (Omeda, Almeda), pineda (Pi-),
pollancreda/poll(er)eda (black poplar), pomereda (Po-), Rouret/roureda,
Salcet/Saulet/salz(er)eda/sauleda (Sau-), saüqueda (elder), Vernet/verneda,
and possibly also Asnet/Ainet, if this is from ACINETU (cf. ACINUM, §2c), and
Ceret, Lillet, if these can be equated with It. cerreto and giglieto.
s) Spanish similarly uses both forms, with -edo appearing notably in
place names, but neither can be said to be a living suffix, this function being
performed by -al (-ar), sometimes found added to -ed-. The forms I have
turned up are arbol-edo/-eda, acebedo (holly), alameda (poplar), aliseda (alder,
seemingly corresponding in form to OFr. alisoi (wild sorb, whitebeam);
Meyer-Lübke, Schicks., also quotes alnedo, matching OSp. alno), arcedo
(maple), avellan-edo/-eda (Av-), boj-edo/-eda (box; M.-L., Schicks.,), cañedo
(Ca-), Figueredo (Diez), fresneda, hayedo, hinojedo (M.-L., Gram..),
mazanedas (Berceo, Mil., 4b), moreda/Moraleda, nocedo (REW)/noceda,
olivedo (F.J.), olm-edo/-eda, per(al)eda, pinedo (in S. America; also
Pinedo)/pineda, piorneda (broom), pobeda (white poplar), pruneda (M.-L.,
Gram.), robl-edo/-eda, salc-edo (Sal-)/-eda/sauceda, viñedo; forms with added