Cervantes
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sə(r)ˈvæntiːz/, /sɛə(r)ˈvɑːnteɪz/
Galician
Etymology
From the mountain river of the same name, from a substrate language, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to cut off”) (compare Latin curvus).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θeɾˈβante̝s/
References
- “Cervantes” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- “Cervantes” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- Cf. Moralejo, Juan José (2010) "Topónimos célticos en Galicia", in Palaeohispanica (10), page 107.
Spanish
Etymology
Either from ciervo (“stag”) or from Old Spanish servanto, an evolution of Latin serviens.
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /θerˈbantes/, [θerˈβãn̪t̪es]
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /serˈbantes/, [serˈβãn̪t̪es]
Derived terms
- cervantesco
- cervantino
- cervántino
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