fananco

Galician

Alternative forms

• fanango

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/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [faˈnaŋkʊ]

Noun

fananco m (plural fanancos)

1. 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