trangallo

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *taranica + the Galician diminutive suffix -allo; from Proto-Celtic *tarankyos (nail), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (to drill, rub). Compare Old French taranche (big iron pin) and Middle Irish tairnge (iron nail).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾaŋˈɡaʎo̝/

Noun[edit]

trangallo m (plural trangallos)

  1. stick, peg

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “tranca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos