[gothic-l] Re: Spanish surnames

[OSCAR HERRERA]

there in spain today alot of people live there are of decented from their gothic invaders.ive been in spain several times.so why isnt there govt providing the language goth as an alternative language instead of say english or french.i mean if your racially indebted to your own culture ,then they should carry on that culture  i mean the goths did more in spain than any other group. they fought the moors and established their kingdom there for 400 years.i think more should be bestowed on the gothic deeds done there.even the possibility of starting a new gothic led govt for some of the people there. or say dividing spain up where half will speak spanish and a spanish govt.  and the other half a goth led govt speaking goth....something to that effect.        oscargoth

llama_nom <penterakt at fsmail.net> wrote:
Hi Denis,

This site has a big list of Spanish name-etymologies:

http://www.buenosaires.gov.ar/registrocivil/nombres/busqueda/index.php
?letra=a&sexo=m

According to it, Alvaro means "very alert". Slightly modifying the
Gothic elements which they give, I'm guessing the original might be:
ALAWAR. (The final -s disappears after a short vowel.) The prefix
ala- is found in Gothic, meaning 'all' (alamans = 'humankind'), and
is common in names (cf. Alaric < *Alareiks). While *war does not
occur in the corpus, _warei_ means 'cunning' or 'sly'. It is cognate
with English _wary_, and related words in other Germanic languages,
meaning 'alert', 'aware', etc.

Llama Nom


--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Denis Glenard"
wrote:
> Hi, I'm new in this group, interested in the links between the
Goths
> and their heritage in the Spanish peninsula.
>
> There is a question going on in a Spanish genealogy group about the
> origin of the surname ALVARADO.
>
> The conventional wisdom is that it is derived from Alfraed,
latinized
> as Alvaradus, then into Alvarado and it originates in the Gothic
> kingdom of Spain. Is there any recorded trace to substantiate this
> explanation ? Is it linked to Alvaro and Alvarez ?
>
> Thanks for your insights.
>
> Happy new year to all,
>
> Denis GLENARD


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