Bergantiños
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Galician[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Attested as Bregantinos since the 9th century;[1] either from Latin Brigantīnōs (“people of Brigantium”),[2] from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī, or directly from Proto-Celtic *brigantīnos (“king”) (compare Old Welsh brennin, brennhin).[3]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Bergantiños m
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- Comarca de Bergantiños on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia gl
References[edit]
- "Bergantiños" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. <http://ilg.usc.es/cag/>
- ^ In the Tombo of Celanova since 942: "Bregantinos" in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
- ^ Navaza, Gonzalo (2016 November 8) “A orixe literaria do nome da Coruña”, in Revista Galega de Filoloxía, volume 17, , retrieved 7 March 2018, pages 119-164
- ^ Cf. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 77-78