Antzinateko "Iturissa"-tik gaurko "ithurri"-ra, "ezker" bidetik
- 1 Euskaltzaindia
ISSN: 0582-6152
Year of publication: 2018
Volume: 52
Issue: 1-2
Pages: 507-516
Type: Article
More publications in: Anuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca Julio de Urquijo: International journal of basque linguistics and philology
Abstract
In this paper, I offer new etymologies for two Basque words, iturri ‘fountain’ and ezker ‘left’. Together with Uhlenbeck, I consider iturri to be an old participle, built on the root hur ‘water’. As for ezker, I propose that it bears the same root that is present in the word hezi ‘tame’, and that its etymological meaning is something like ‘untameable’, most typically when speaking about hands.