varganzo

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Galician

Etymology

Obscure. Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *wregV- (“wall, enclosure”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wreǵ- (“close”), + *-onts. Akin to Middle Irish fraig (“interior wall”), Welsh achwre (“wattled fence, palisade”), Sanskrit व्रज (vrajá, “wattle, fence”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baɾˈɣanθo̝/

Noun

varganzo m (plural varganzos)

wattled fence, pen
wall or hurdle inside a stall

Related terms

varga (“fish trap”)
vargo (“stake, slab”)

References

Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “varganzo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “varganzo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

^ cf. Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “varga”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 27

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