Guillar

Galician

Etymology

From a lost common noun (vila, agro, castro, busto vel sim) and the name of a 5th-10th centuries landowner, Latin Uiliari, genitive of Uiliarius;[1] from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from Proto-Germanic *Wiljaharjaz, from *wiljô (“will”) and *harjaz (“army”).[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡiˈʎaɾ/

Proper noun

Guillar m

A parish of Outeiro de Rei, Lugo, Galicia.
A parish of Rodeiro, Pontevedra, Galicia.
A village in Abeancos, Melide, A Coruña, Galicia.

References

“Guillar” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
“Guillar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.

"Viliarius" in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
Cf. Piel, Joseph M.; Kremer, Dieter (1976) Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch, Heidelberg: Carl Winter - Universitätsverlag, →ISBN, p. 302.

[1] "Viliarius" in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.

[2] Cf. Piel, Joseph M.; Kremer, Dieter (1976) Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch, Heidelberg: Carl Winter - Universitätsverlag, →ISBN, p. 302.