Bergantiños
Galician
Etymology
Attested as Bregantinos since the 9th century;[1] either from Latin Brigantīnōs (“people of Brigantium”),[2] from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī, or directly from Proto-Celtic *brigantīnos (“king”) (confer Old Welsh brennin, brennhin).[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beɾɣanˈtiɲo̝s/
Proper noun
Bergantiños m
- A comarca in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
- A village in Muxía, A Coruña, Galicia.
- a toponymical surname
Derived terms
- bergantiñán
See also
- Comarca de Bergantiños on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia gl
References
- "Bergantiños" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. <http://ilg.usc.es/cag/>
- In the Tombo of Celanova since 942: "Bregantinos" in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
- Navaza, Gonzalo (8 November 2016), “A orixe literaria do nome da Coruña”, in Revista Galega de Filoloxía, volume 17, DOI:, retrieved 7 March 2018, pages 119-164
- Cf. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 77-78