Sigrás
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Possessive toponym of Germanic root. The most sustained reading derives it from the Gothic anthroponym Sigeric or Sigirikus ('ruler of victory', a compound of sig- 'victory' + -reiks 'ruler, powerful'), in Latinised plural genitive. Same base that gives Sigüeiro, also on the Camino Inglés.
We saw earlier the mechanics of the Germanic base -reiks in Allariz (Alaricus, 'ruler of all'), Goiriz (Gauthareiks, 'ruler of the Goths') and Sigüeiro (in its Germanic reading). The same root reappears here in another two-meaning Gothic anthroponym: Sigeric composes sig- ('victory' in Gothic, cognate of Latin vincere) + -reiks ('ruler, powerful'), generating 'ruler of victory' or 'victorious lord'. The final suffix -ás is the Galician evolution of the Latin plural genitive -anorum / -ani applied to the family or lineage of the owner. Sigeric was the name of several Gothic kings —Sigeric of the Visigoths (reigned only seven days in 415), Saint Sigeric abbot— and a frequent anthroponym in early-medieval Leonese and Galician charters. The parish of Sigrás belongs to the Cambre council and preserves the rural church of Santa María, 12th-century Romanesque. The Inglés pilgrim coming from A Coruña crosses it after O Burgo and Cambre, in the first hours of the Camino.
Evolution of the name
- Sigeric / Sigirikus Latinized Gothic 6th — 9th centuries
- Sigrás medieval Galician from the 12th century
Glossary
- Anthroponym
- A personal name, often used as the base of toponyms (Lucronius → Logroño, Sigerici → Castrojeriz, Sacavus → Sacavém).
Sources
- Piel, J.M. & Kremer, D. — Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch
- Navaza, G. — Toponimia de Galicia
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