varganzo
Galician
Etymology
Obscure. Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *wregV- (“wall, enclosure”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wreǵ- (“close”), + *-onts. Akin to Middle Irish fraig (“interior wall”), Welsh achwre (“wattled fence, palisade”), Sanskrit व्रज (vrajá, “wattle, fence”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baɾˈɣanθo̝/
Noun
varganzo m (plural varganzos)
Related terms
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “varganzo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “varganzo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ cf. Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “varga”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 27