fananco

Galician

Alternative forms

fanango

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *fanją (“marsh, swamp”) (compare fana) and the Galician suffix of Germanic origin -engo (“pertaining to”); otherwise from Latin faenum (“hay”) and the suffix of substrate origin -anco, with irregular preservation of intervocalic /n/.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [faˈnaŋkʊ]

Noun

fananco m (plural fanancos)

strong and hard grass born in marshy and uncultivated areas

References

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

Pensado, J.L. (1974). Opúsculos lingüísticos gallegos del siglo XVIII. Vigo: Galaxia. p. 152. →ISBN.

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[1] Pensado, J.L. (1974). Opúsculos lingüísticos gallegos del siglo XVIII. Vigo: Galaxia. p. 152. →ISBN.