Sergude
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Pre-Roman toponym of probable Celtiberian filiation. The base serg-, attested in Atlantic toponyms such as Sergude, Sergus and Sargadelos, possibly derives from an Indo-European root with orographic value ('high terrain, plateau'). The Galician suffix -ude has locative value.
The pre-Roman base serg-, present in Atlantic toponyms of the peninsular northwest quadrant, is of uncertain but probably Celtiberian filiation. The hamlet of Sergude is documented from 1216 in cartularies of San Martiño Pinario. It is the last documented stop of the English Camino before the pilgrim's entrance to Santiago from the north.
Evolution of the name
- *serg- pre-Roman Celtiberian before the 3rd century BC
- Sergude medieval Galician from the 12th century
Glossary
- Attested
- A form or word documented in writing in historical sources; opposed to "reconstructed" (forms proposed by comparative inference but not actually documented).
- Monte do Gozo
- 370-metre elevation northeast of Santiago de Compostela from which French Camino pilgrims saw the cathedral's towers for the first time, a moment that gave name to the mount ('Mount of Joy'). The modern monument to the pilgrim (Yolanda d'Augsbourg, 1993) presides over the height. The English Camino reaches the mount by the northern slope after passing through Sergude.
- Pre-Roman
- Prior to the Romanisation of the Iberian peninsula (3rd century BC); applied to toponyms, linguistic roots and populations.
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