List of Portuguese Words of Germanic Origin - Visigothic

Visigothic

• agasalhar= perhaps from Latin *ad-gasaliare, from Visigothic *gasalja (partner, colleague)
• guarda= guard, bodyguard, protection: from Visigothic wardja "a guard", from Germanic wardaz, from the IE root (*)wor-to-, see guardar below in Germanic section.
• guardião= guardian: from Visgothic wardjan accusative of wardja, see guardia above.
• atacar= to attack: Old Italian attaccare "to fasten, join, unite, attack (implicit sense: to join in a battle)", changed from (*)estacar (by influence of a-, common verbal prefix) "to fasten, join", from Visigothic stakka "a stick, stake", from Germanic (*)stak-, see estaca in Germanic section.