Esmeriz
Galician
Church of Santa Mariña, Esmeriz
Etymology
Attested in 1297 as Ermeriz; from Late or Medieval Latin Hermerici, in origin a Germanic personal name expressed as a Latin genitive, so meaning "Hermeric's property"; from Suevic (it's the same name of one Suevic king) or Gothic, from Proto-Germanic *Ermunarīks, from *ermunaz (“whole”) + *rīks (“king”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esmeˈɾiθ/
Proper noun
Esmeriz
- A parish of Chantada, Lugo, Galicia.
Related terms
- Almariz
- Armariz
- Esmorís
- Esmoriz
References
- “Esmeriz” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- Piel, J. M., & Kremer, D. (1976). Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch: der Niederschlag des Westgotischen in den alten und heutigen Personen- und Ortsnamen der Iberischen Halbinsel. Heidelberg: Carl Winter.