Querquerni
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== Latin ==
=== Etymology ===
Of Celtic/Gallaecian origin, from Proto-Celtic *kʷerkʷernos, from *kʷerkʷus, from Proto-Indo-European *pérkus ~ *pr̥kʷéu- (“oak”) + *-erno-, probably meaning the "Oaken People".
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʷɛrˈkʷɛr.niː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kʷerˈkʷɛr.ni]
=== Proper noun ===
Querquernī m pl (genitive Querquernōrum); second declension
A Celtic tribe of Gallaecia, Hispania Tarraconensis
==== Declension ====
Second-declension noun, plural only.
=== References ===
“Querquerni”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“Gallaecia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Aquae Quarquernae, Quarquerni in Falileyev, Alexander (1997). Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-Names, Aberystwyth University.