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<p><font face="Calibri">Dear Pun Ho,<br>
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The endonym of the Basque people is commonly analyzed as
originating from the name of the language: euskaldun 'Basque
(person)' < euskal- 'Basque language' (compound form, cf.
free form: euskara) + -dun 'having, (the one) who has'.<br>
See e.g. R.L. Trask "Etymological Dictionary of Basque", p. 186.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.academia.edu/2154989/Etymological_Dictionary_of_Basque_by_R_L_Trask_edited_for_web_publication_by_Max_W_Wheeler">https://www.academia.edu/2154989/Etymological_Dictionary_of_Basque_by_R_L_Trask_edited_for_web_publication_by_Max_W_Wheeler</a><br>
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All best,<br>
Alexandre<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">28/11/2023 14:39, Pun Ho Lui пишет:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Dear All,
Recently I have been working on the etymology of language names with etymons such as ’no’, ‘what’, and commonly place names and community names.
It seems that language names (specifically endonyms, i.e. how the locals call their own language) follow a unidirectional change of derivation or semantic extension (e.g using the community name as language name without any formal word formation):
place name> community name> language name
I am wondering if there is any language name that violates the above unidirectional cline.
Thanks.
Warmest,
Pun Ho Lui Joe
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