Gallaeci

gallaeci English Alternative forms en Callaeci Noun p An ancient Celtic people who inhabited Gallaecia. en Celtic tribes Derived terms en Gallaecian Latin right|thumb thumb|upright|Head of a Gallaecian, wearing a torc and helmet thumb|They lived in fortified towns and hill-forts Alternative forms la Callaeci Etymology la Gallaecī :bor cel:-<ety:der<cel-pro:*kallī>> From the endonym of a local la cel - tribe (compare grc Καλλαϊκοί). Either from la cel-pro *kallī wood or from a descendant of la ine-pro *kl̥H-ní-s hill, from la ine-pro *kelH- + a relational suffix la *-aeco, of la xls - origin.Moralejo, Juan J. (2008). Callaica nomina: estudios de onomástica gallega. A Coruña: Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza, pages 113–148. 978-84-95892-68-3. Compare also la Gallus, la Gallia, and la Portus Cale, whence en Portugal. See also en Gael, en Galway. Pronunciation Gallaecī Proper noun Gallaecī<2> m A Celtic people of Hispania Tarraconensis, who dwelt in the northwestern part of the Iberian peninsula Declension Gallaecī<2> Derived terms la Gallaecia la gallaecus Descendants gl galego pt galego es gallego References la Tribes