The Quaquerni or Querquerni were an ancient tribe of Gallaecia, living in the Baixa Limia region of southern Galicia, where the Roman fort of Aquis Querquennis has been found.[1]
The Quaquerni are also known by the name Quarquerni,[2] Querquernoi,[3] or Quacernoi. Their ethnonym is registered as Κουακερνοί (Kouakernoí), by Greek geographer Ptolemy in his Geographies.[4] Scholars see a possible connection with Venetic Quarqueni, as registered by Pliny[5][6] and located somewhere in historical Istria.[7]
The name Querquerni is probably related to Latin quercus ("oak"),[8][9] which stems from Proto-Indo-European root *pérkʷus, meaning "oak". It is probably a Q-Celtic formation meaning "the Oak People / Warriors",[10][1][11][12][13] related to:
Ancient sources tell of a place named Aquae Quarquernae.[17][7] Alternate names are Aquis Querquennis and Aquis Cercennis.[18]
The Quaquerni were a subdivision of the Gallaeci Bracarii.