[Lingtyp] Unidirectionality of language naming

[Alexandre Arkhipov]

Dear Pun Ho,

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'.
See e.g. R.L. Trask "Etymological Dictionary of Basque", p. 186.
https://www.academia.edu/2154989/Etymological_Dictionary_of_Basque_by_R_L_Trask_edited_for_web_publication_by_Max_W_Wheeler

All best,
Alexandre

28/11/2023 14:39, Pun Ho Lui пишет:
> 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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