ganzo

See also: ganzō

GalicianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

gancio

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Celtic *ganskyos (“branch, twig”),^[1] or directly from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ḱank- (“branch”)^[2]^[3]. Doublet of gancho.

PronunciationEdit

(standard) IPA^(key): /ˈɡanθo̝/

NounEdit

ganzo m (plural ganzos)

(dated) dried or partially burned twig in the past used as a torch.

Derived termsEdit

gancela (“kindling”)

Related termsEdit

gancho (“hook”)

ReferencesEdit

“ganzo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“ganzo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“ganzo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A., “gancho”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, 1983–1991, →ISBN
^ Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, 2006, →ISBN, page 157
^ García Trabazo, José Virgilio, “Prelatin Toponymy of Asturies: a critical review in a historical-comparative perspective”, in Lletres Asturianes‎^[1], issue 115, 2016, retrieved 14 June 2018, pages 51-71

ItalianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

ganzo (feminine singular ganza, masculine plural ganzi, feminine plural ganze)

(archaic) extra-marriage lover
(informal) smart, clever, cool

Usage notesEdit

The smart sense is similar to figo but with a slightly less sexual sense/component and a component of furbo (“cunning, sly”). It's a mix of brilliant, [mildly] gorgeous, [very] cool and [sort of] presumptuous.

SynonymsEdit

(cool): figo

VenetianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Celtic *ganskyos (“branch, twig”).

NounEdit

ganzo m (plural ganzi)

hook

DescendantsEdit

→ Dalmatian: gȁnac
→ Greek: γάντζος (gántzos)
→ Ottoman Turkish: قانجه‎ (kanca, kance), قنجه‎ (kanca, kance)
- Turkish: kanca
- → Arabic: قَنْجَة‎ (qanja, “a kind of sailing boat of up to two masts used for housing and for pleasure-trips”), غَنْجَة‎ (ḡanja)
  - → English: cangia
  - → French: cange
  - → Italian: cangia
    - → Spanish: canja
- → Armenian: խանճա (xanča)
- → Aromanian: cánǧe, gánǧe
- → Albanian: ganxhë, kanxhë
- → Bulgarian: ка́нджа (kándža)
- → Greek: γάντζα (gántza), κάντζα (kántza)
- → Macedonian: канџа (kandža)
- → Romanian: cánge
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ка̑нџа
  Latin: kȃndža

ReferencesEdit

Kahane, Henry R.; Kahane, Renée; Tietze, Andreas, The Lingua Franca in the Levant: Turkish Nautical Terms of Italian and Greek Origin, Urbana: University of Illinois, 1958, pages 244–247

[1] Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A., “gancho”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, 1983–1991, →ISBN

[2] Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, 2006, →ISBN, page 157

[3] García Trabazo, José Virgilio, “Prelatin Toponymy of Asturies: a critical review in a historical-comparative perspective”, in Lletres Asturianes‎^[1], issue 115, 2016, retrieved 14 June 2018, pages 51-71

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