Reconstruction:Proto-Basque/organa

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

Etymology

Perhaps from Latin organa, plural of organum (“instrument, organ”), from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “organ, instrument, tool”).

Noun

*organa

1. cart

Descendants

• Basque: orga

References

• R. L. Trask (2008), “orga”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 314