Bustofreán

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From busto and Froilani, an improper genitive form of Late Latin Froila,[1][2] from a Suevic and Gothic personal name, from *Frawilô,[3] from Proto-Germanic *frawjô (“lord”) and the diminutive personal suffix *-ilan-.[4]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bustofɾeˈaŋ/

Proper noun

Bustofreán m

  1. A village in Vilapedre parish, Vilalba, Lugo, Galicia

References
  • “Bustofreán” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  1. Gaeng, Paul A. (1972) “A Note on the Declension of Germanic Personal Names in Latin Inscriptions from Visigothic Spain”, in Romance Notes‎, volume 13, number 3, →ISSN, →JSTOR, retrieved 2022-10-28, pages 563–566.
  2. "Froilani", in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
  3. Cf. Piel, Joseph M., Kremer, Dieter (1976) Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch, Heidelberg: Carl Winter - Universitätsverlag, →ISBN .
  4. Ringe, Don (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, retrieved 19 June 2018, page 293
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