Gundián
Galician
Bridge at Gundián, Vedra
Etymology
From local Late Latin villa Gundilani, from an improper genitive form of the personal name Gundila,[1] from a Suevic and Gothic personal name, from *Gunþilô,[2] from Proto-Germanic *gunþiz (“battle”) and the diminutive personal suffix *-ilan-.[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡundiˈaŋ/
Proper noun
Gundián m
- A village in A Ponte Ulla, Vedra, A Coruña, Galicia.
- A village in Costantín, Baralla, Lugo, Galicia.
- A village in Petán, A Cañiza, Pontevedra, Galicia.
- A toponymical surname.
Related terms
- Gundiá
References
- “Gundián” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- “Gundián” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- “Gundian” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- "Gundila", in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
- Cf. Piel, Joseph M.; Kremer, Dieter (1976) Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch, Heidelberg: Carl Winter - Universitätsverlag, →ISBN, p. {{{1}}}.
- Ringe, Don (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 293