Bergantiños

Galician
Barizo, Bergantiños
The town of Caión, Bergantiños

Alternative forms

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”) (compare Old Welsh brennin, brennhin).[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /beɾɣanˈtiɲo̝s/

Proper noun

Bergantiños m

  1. A comarca in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
  2. A village in Muxía, A Coruña, Galicia
  3. a toponymical surname

Derived terms
  • bergantiñán

See also

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/>
  1. In the Tombo of Celanova since 942: "Bregantinos" in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
  2. Navaza, Gonzalo (2016 November 8) “A orixe literaria do nome da Coruña”, in Revista Galega de Filoloxía, volume 17, →DOI, retrieved 7 March 2018, pages 119-164
  3. Cf. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 77-78
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