Freás

Freás

Galician

Etymology

From earlier Freães,[1][2] from local Late Latin villa Froilanis, a genitive form of Froila,[3] from a Suevic and Gothic personal name, from *Frawilô,[4] from Proto-Germanic *frawjô (“lord”) and the diminutive personal suffix *-ilan-.[5]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾeˈas/

Proper noun

Freás m

1. A parish of Punxín, Ourense, Galicia.
2. Freás de Eiras. A parish of Ramirás, Ourense, Galicia.
3. Freás da Canda. A village in A Canda, Piñor, Ourense, Galicia.
4. A village in Astariz, Castrelo de Miño, Ourense, Galicia.

Related terms

• Bustofreán
• Donfreán
• Freán
• Freáns

References

• “Freás” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.

1. “Freaes” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
2. "Freaes", in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
3. "Froilanes", in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
4. Cf. Piel, Joseph M.; Kremer, Dieter (1976) Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch, Heidelberg: Carl Winter - Universitätsverlag, →ISBN, p. '.
5. Ringe, Don (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 293