izokin

Basque

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Latin esocīna, from esox (salmon) + -īna, itself borrowed from Gaulish *esoks, from Proto-Celtic *esoxs (salmon).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /is̻okin/, [i.s̻o̞.kĩn]

Noun

izokin anim

  1. salmon

Declension

Descendants

  • Spanish: esguín

References

  1. Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “esox”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 167
  2. Coromines, Joan (1961), “ESGUÍN”, in Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 247
  3. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*esok-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 119
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