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)

  1. wattled fence, pen
  2. wall or hurdle inside a stall

References

  1. cf. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “varga”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 27
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