Gascony

Gascony

English

Etymology

From Old French Gascoigne, from Gasconia, from Vasconia from Latin Vascones, plural of Vasco, from Ancient Greek Οὐασκώνων (Ouaskṓnōn), as used by Strabo in his Geographica (23 CE), Book III.[1] either from αἴξ (aíx, “goat”) (literally “he-goat people”), or variant of Ausci (perhaps related to Euskara). Cognate to Basque (compare to Gascon).

For sound changes: /w/ → /v/ occurred in the change from Latin to Proto-Romance, while /w/ → /g/ (in loan words starting with /w/) common in (non-Iberian) Romance languages, notably French; compare warranty and guarantee, William and Guillaume. By contrast, /v/ developed into /b/ and /β̞/ in Spanish and Gascon (Spanish Vasco, IPA^(key): /ˈbasko/), hence the divergence.

Proper noun

Gascony

1. A former region in France that was eliminated during the French revolution.

Translations

Former region of France

Aragonese: Gascunya f Armenian: Գասկոն (Gaskon) Basque: Gaskoinia Belarusian: Гаско́нь f (Haskónʹ) Breton: Gwaskogn f Bulgarian: Гаскония f (Gaskonija), Гаскона f (Gaskona) Catalan: Gascunya (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 加斯科涅 (Jiāsīkēniè) Corsican: Guascogna f, Gascogna f Czech: Gaskoňsko n Esperanto: Gaskonio French: Gascogne (fr) f Georgian: გასკონი (gasḳoni) German: Gascogne (de) f Greek: Γασκώνη f (Gaskóni) Ido: Gaskonia (io) Italian: Guascogna f Japanese: ガスコーニュ (Gasukōnyu) Korean: 가스코뉴 (gaseukonyu) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Gaskonya f Lithuanian: Gaskonė f, Gaskonija f Lombard: Guascogna f Norman: Gascongne f Occitan: Gasconha (oc) f Polish: Gaskonia (pl) f Portuguese: Gasconha f Romanian: Gasconia f Russian: Гаско́нь f (Gaskónʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Гаскоња f Roman: Gaskonja f Sicilian: Gascògna f Slovak: Gaskonsko (sk) n Slovene: Gaskonja f Spanish: Gascuña f Swedish: Gascogne Tagalog: Gascuña Thai: กัสกอญ (gàt-gon) Turkish: Gaskonya Ukrainian: Гаско́нь f (Haskónʹ) Venetian: Vascogna f Welsh: Gasgwyn f West Frisian: Gaskonje n

References

1. Larry Trask, The History of Basque Routledge: 1997 →ISBN