varganzo
Galician
Etymology
Obscure. Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *wregV- (“wall, enclosure”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wreǵ- (“close”), + *-onts. Akin to Middle Irish fraig (“interior wall”), Welsh achwre (“wattled fence, palisade”), Sanskrit व्रज (vrajá, “wattle, fence”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baɾˈɣanθo̝/
Noun
varganzo m (plural varganzos)
- wattled fence, pen
- wall or hurdle inside a stall
Related terms
- varga (“fish trap”)
- vargo (“stake, slab”)
References
- “varganzo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “varganzo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- cf. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “varga”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 27