411 REFERENCE · Wiktionary
Gournay-en-Bray
Reference material by Wiktionary contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
English
Etymology
From en fr -, attested as en fro Gornai in 1049.
The first element is probably of en cel - origin, from en cel-pro *gorn fishery, reach + cel-pro *-ako, Latinized as en la -acum.
The second element was added in 1962 to avoid confusion with Gournay-le-Guérin in the department of en Eure. It references Pays de Bray and is of Celtic/en cel-gau - origin, from cel-gau *braco, for which see fr braye mud, daub.
Proper noun
en commune in dept/Seine-Maritime r/Normandy c/France.
References
Adigard des Gautries - Les noms de lieux de la Seine-Maritime attestés entre 911 et 1066 (suite), page 149
Pierre-Yves Lambert, La Langue gauloise, éditions Errance, 1994.