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Galician
Etymology
From Late Latin Domni Froilani ("Lord Froila's"), an improper genitive form of Froila,[1] from a Suevic and Gothic personal name, from *Frawilô,[2] from Proto-Germanic *frawjô (“lord”) and the diminutive personal suffix *-ilan-.[3]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Donfreán m
- A village in Vinseiro parish, A Estrada, Pontevedra, Galicia
References
- “Donfreán” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- ^ "Froilani", in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
- ^ Cf. Piel, Joseph M., Kremer, Dieter (1976) Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch, Heidelberg: Carl Winter - Universitätsverlag, →ISBN .
- ^ Ringe, Don (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, retrieved 19 June 2018, page 293