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/
References
- “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. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. varga.
- Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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