Relations With Other Languages
Most Aquitanian onomastic elements are clearly identifiable from a Basque perspective, matching closely the forms reconstructed by the Vascologist Koldo (Luis) Mitxelena for Proto-Basque:
| Aquitanian | Proto-Basque | Basque | Basque meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| adin | *adiN | adin | age, judgment |
| andere, er(h)e | *andere | andre | lady, woman |
| andos(s), andox | *andoś | lord | |
| arix | *aris | aritz | oak |
| artahe, artehe | *artehe | arte | holm oak |
| atta | *aTa | aita | father |
| belex | ?*beLe | bele | crow |
| bels | *bels | beltz | black |
| bihox, bihos | *bihos | bihotz | heart |
| bon, -pon | *boN | on | good |
| bors | *bors | bortz | five |
| cis(s)on, gison | *gisoN | gizon | man |
| -c(c)o | *-Ko | -ko | diminutive suffix |
| corri, gorri | *goRi | gorri | red |
| hals- | *hals | haltza | alder |
| han(n)a | ?*aNane | anaia | brother |
| har-, -ar | *aR | ar | male |
| hars- | *hars | hartz | bear |
| heraus- | *herauś | herauts | boar |
| il(l)un, ilur | *iLun | il(h)un | dark |
| leher | *leheR | leher | pine |
| nescato | *neśka | neska, neskato | girl, young woman |
| ombe, umme | *unbe | ume | child |
| oxson, osson | *otso | otso | wolf |
| sahar | *sahaR | zahar | old |
| sembe | *senbe | seme | son |
| seni | *śeni | sein | boy |
| -ten | *-teN | -ten | diminutive suffix (fossilized) |
| -t(t)o | *-To | -t(t)o | diminutive suffix |
| -x(s)o | *-tso | -txo,-txu | diminutive suffix |
The vascologist Joaquín Gorrotxategi, who has written several works on Aquitanian, and Mitxelena have pointed the similarities of some Iberian onomastic elements with Aquitanian. In particular, Mitxelena spoke about an onomastic pool from which both Aquitanian and Iberian would have drawn:
| Iberian | Aquitanian |
|---|---|
| atin | adin |
| ata | atta |
| baiser | baese-, bais- |
| beleś | belex |
| bels | bels |
| boś | box |
| lauŕ | laur |
| talsku | talsco / HALSCO |
| taŕ | t(h)ar / HAR |
| tautin | tautinn / hauten |
| tetel | tetel |
| uŕke | urcha |
For other more marginal theories see Basque language: Hypotheses on connections with other languages.
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