Gunxar

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Gundiari, genitive of Gundiarius,[1] from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from a compound *Gunþiharjaz, from Proto-Germanic *gunþiz (“battle”) and *harjaz (“army, warrior”).[2] Compate with German Günther and Old Norse Gunnar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡunˈʃaɾ/

Proper noun

Gunxar m

  1. a village in Santaballa parish, Vilalba, Lugo, Galicia

References

  • “Gunxar” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Gonçar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  1. ^ "Gondiarius" in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
  2. ^ Cf. Piel, Joseph M., Kremer, Dieter (1976) Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch, Heidelberg: Carl Winter - Universitätsverlag, →ISBN, p. 164.
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