Tosar

Galician

Etymology

From the genitive of Thoresarius, from a Suevic and/or Gothic compound personal name, from Proto-Germanic *þurisaz (“giant”) + *harjaz (“army; warrior”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [toˈsaɾ]

Proper noun

Tosar

  1. A locality in Tabeirós parish, A Estrada, Pontevedra, Galicia
  2. a toponymical surname

References
  • “Tosar” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  • “Tosar” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Cf. Piel, Joseph M., Kremer, Dieter (1976) Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch, Heidelberg: Carl Winter - Universitätsverlag, →ISBN, p. 267.
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