Reconstruction:Proto-Basque/euskala

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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

Etymology

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

*euskala

  1. Basque

Descendants

  • Basque: euskara, euskera

References

  1. ^ euskera” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk