Merlán

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Galician

Merlán, Palas de Rei

Alternative forms

Etymology

From local Late Latin villa Merilani, from an improper genitive form of Merila,[1] from a Suevic and Gothic personal name (Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌹𐌻𐌰 (mērila)), from Proto-Germanic *Mērilô,[2] from *mēraz (“great; famous”) and the diminutive personal suffix *-ilan-.[3]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Merlán m

  1. A parish of Palas de Rei, Lugo, Galicia
  2. A parish of Chantada, Lugo, Galicia
  3. A village in O Freixo parish, As Pontes de Garcia Rodríguez, A Coruña, Galicia
  4. A village in A Torre parish, Vilalba, Lugo, Galicia
  5. A village in Insua parish, Vilalba, Lugo, Galicia
  6. a toponymical surname

See also

References

  • “Merlán” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • “Merlán” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  1. ^ "Merila", in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
  2. ^ Cf. Piel, Joseph M., Kremer, Dieter (1976) Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch, Heidelberg: Carl Winter - Universitätsverlag, →ISBN, p. 204.
  3. ^ Ringe, Don (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, retrieved 19 June 2018, page 293
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