Galician edit

Etymology edit

From local Late Latin Gulfiani, an improper genitive form of Gulfila,[1] from a Suevic and/or Gothic personal name Wulfila, from *Wulfilô,[2] from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz (wolf) and the diminutive personal suffix *-ilan-.[3]

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Gulfián m

  1. A village in San Cosme de Outeiro parish, Outes, A Coruña, Galicia

References edit

  1. ^ Gulfiam, in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
  2. ^ Cf. Piel, Joseph M., Kremer, Dieter (1976) Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch, Heidelberg: Carl Winter - Universitätsverlag, →ISBN .
  3. ^ Ringe, Don (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, retrieved 19 June 2018, page 293