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Galician
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
Noun
fananco m (plural fanancos)
- strong and hard grass born in marshy and uncultivated areas
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fananco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fananco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fananco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Pensado, J.L. (1974). Opúsculos lingüísticos gallegos del siglo XVIII. Vigo: Galaxia. p. 152. →ISBN.