Donfreán
Galician
Etymology
From Late Latin Domni Froilani ("Lord Froila's"), an improper genitive form of Froila,[1] from a Suevic and Gothic personal name, from *Frawilô,[2] from Proto-Germanic *frawjô (“lord”) and the diminutive personal suffix *-ilan-.[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /doɱfɾeˈaŋ/
Proper noun
Donfreán m
- A village in Vinseiro, A Estrada, Pontevedra, Galicia.
Related terms
- Bustofreán
- Freán
- Freáns
- Freás
References
- “Donfreán” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- "Froilani", in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
- Cf. Piel, Joseph M.; Kremer, Dieter (1976) Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch, Heidelberg: Carl Winter - Universitätsverlag, →ISBN, p. '.
- Ringe, Don (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 293