varganzo
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Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
varganzo m (plural varganzos)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “varganzo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “varganzo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ cf. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “varga”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 27