trangallo

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Paleo-Hispanic *taranica + the Galician diminutive suffix -allo; from Proto-Celtic *tarankyos (nail), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (to drill, rub). Compare Old French taranche (big iron pin) and Middle Irish tairnge (iron nail).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾaŋˈɡaʎo̝/

Noun

trangallo m (plural trangallos)

  1. stick, peg

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “tranca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos