Reconstruction:Proto-Basque/euskala
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Proto-Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The ending very likely corresponds to the modern suffix -era. The first element is obscure, but has been traditionally linked to Auscī, the Latin name of an Aquitanian tribe. Another hypothesis links it to an unattested verb *enautsi (“to say”).[1]
Noun
[edit]*euskala
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “euskera” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk