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Galician
Etymology
From Late Latin Nantildi, genitive of Nantildus,[1] from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from a compound *Nanþigeldaz, from Proto-Germanic *nanþijaną (“to dare”) and *geldą (“prize, reward”).[2]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lentil m
- A village in Novelúa parish, Monterroso, Lugo, Galicia
References
- “Lentil” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- ^ "Nantildus" in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
- ^ Cf. Piel, Joseph M., Kremer, Dieter (1976) Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch, Heidelberg: Carl Winter - Universitätsverlag, →ISBN, p. 208.