Spanish words from Gothic
6 Spanish words with Gothic in their history, whether borrowed directly or passed on through other languages.
bóveda
It is inherited from Old Spanish bóvada. According to Corominas and Pascual it is borrowed from Gothic *buwiþa, a participial derivative of the common Germanic verb Proto-Germanic *būaną (“to dwell…
esquina
It is probably borrowed from Gothic *skina (“small bar; shinbone”), as the DLE has it, comparing Old High German scina (“shinbone; pin”). Corominas gives the Germanic word the senses “small bar of…
estaca
It is probably borrowed from Gothic *𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰 (*stakka, “stake”), a Gothic word that is not recorded in Ulfilas's texts. The BDELC and Wiktionary give it with a single ⟨k⟩, *𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌰 (*staka). Corominas…
guay
1. The interjection of grief is borrowed from Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹 (wai, “woe”) for the BDELC, the DLE and Nascentes, and for Coromines, who argued the point in the DCECH. The DLE calls the Gothic word an…
parra
It is of uncertain origin, a word shared by the three Ibero-Romance languages. Corominas considers it probably borrowed from Gothic *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰 (*parra), an n-stem with the oblique ⟨-ans⟩, “enclosure…
rico
It is inherited from Old Spanish rico, borrowed from Gothic 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (reiks, “mighty, powerful”), pronounced [riks]. The word exists in all the western Romance languages: Portuguese rico, Catalan ric…