Reconstruction:Proto-Basque/-ossu

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

Possibly an early borrowing from either Gaulish -issus, -issa (personal name suffix), from Proto-Celtic *-issā (compare Old Irish -es, Welsh -es), or from Latin -issa, from Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa).

Suffix

*-ossu^[1]^[2]^[3]

toponymic and personal name suffix.

Descendants

Aquitanian: -ox, -os
Basque: -oz, -otz, -oze, -otze
→ Aragonese: -ués, -uesa
→ Gascon: -òs, -osse

References

^ Patxi Salaberri Zaratiegi (2004) “Anthroponyms in Basque Toponymy”, in Gobierno de Navarra‎^[1], page 113
^ Juan Karlos Lopez-Mugartza Iriarte (2008) “Euskera, Language of the Pyrenees: The Case of Ansó (Aragon) and Roncal (Navarre)”, in Publick University of Navarre, pages 329-330
^ Marcelino Cortés Valenciano (2010) “Los topónimos terminados en -ués, -és, -iés en las Cinco Villas de Aragón*”, in Archivo de Filología Aragonesa‎^[2], pages 281-303

[1] Patxi Salaberri Zaratiegi (2004) “Anthroponyms in Basque Toponymy”, in Gobierno de Navarra‎^[1], page 113

[2] Juan Karlos Lopez-Mugartza Iriarte (2008) “Euskera, Language of the Pyrenees: The Case of Ansó (Aragon) and Roncal (Navarre)”, in Publick University of Navarre, pages 329-330

[3] Marcelino Cortés Valenciano (2010) “Los topónimos terminados en -ués, -és, -iés en las Cinco Villas de Aragón*”, in Archivo de Filología Aragonesa‎^[2], pages 281-303

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