Guilfonxe
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From a lost common noun (vila, agro, castro, busto vel sim) and the name of a 5th-10th centuries landowner, Latin Uilifonsi, genitive of Uilifonsus;[1] from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from Proto-Germanic *Wiljahaþuz, from *wiljô (“will”) and *funsaz (“ready”).[2]
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Guilfonxe m
- A village in Bértoa parish, Carballo, A Coruña, Galicia
- A village in Amoeiro parish, Amoeiro, Ourense, Galicia
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See also edit
- Guilfonxe on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia gl
References edit
- “Guilfonxe” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- ^ "Vilifonsus" in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
- ^ Cf. Piel, Joseph M., Kremer, Dieter (1976) Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch, Heidelberg: Carl Winter - Universitätsverlag, →ISBN, p. 302.