Tosar

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the genitive of Thoresarius, from a Suevic and/or Gothic compound personal name, from Proto-Germanic *þurisaz (giant) + *harjaz (army; warrior).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Tosar

  1. A locality in Tabeirós parish, A Estrada, Pontevedra, Galicia
  2. a toponymical surname

References[edit]

  • Tosar” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  • Tosar” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Cf. Piel, Joseph M., Kremer, Dieter (1976) Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch, Heidelberg: Carl Winter - Universitätsverlag, →ISBN, p. 267.