Reconstruction:Proto-Basque/-ossu

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This Proto-Basque entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Basque

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Etymology

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Possibly an early borrowing from either Gaulish -issus, -issa (personal name suffix), from Proto-Celtic *-issā (compare Old Irish -es, Welsh -es), or from Latin -issa, from Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa).

Suffix

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*-ossu[1][2][3]

  1. toponymic and personal name suffix.

Descendants

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  • Aquitanian: -ox, -os
  • Basque: -oz, -otz, -oze, -otze
  • → Aragonese: -ués, -uesa
  • → Gascon: -òs, -osse

References

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  1. ^ Patxi Salaberri Zaratiegi (2004) “Anthroponyms in Basque Toponymy”, in Gobierno de Navarra‎[1], page 113
  2. ^ Juan Karlos Lopez-Mugartza Iriarte (2008) “Euskera, Language of the Pyrenees: The Case of Ansó (Aragon) and Roncal (Navarre)”, in Publick University of Navarre, pages 329-330
  3. ^ Marcelino Cortés Valenciano (2010) “Los topónimos terminados en -ués, -és, -iés en las Cinco Villas de Aragón*”, in Archivo de Filología Aragonesa‎[2], pages 281-303

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