Where does “Eguberri” come from?
Eguberri (Basque) comes from Basque berri, from Ottoman Turkish بری, from Ottoman Turkish ـی, from Persian ـی, from Middle Persian -yk', from Old Persian -𐎡𐎣, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -kas, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
Eguberri (Basque): Christmas Day
Definitions
- Christmas Day
Ancestry of “Eguberri”, step by step
Eguberri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Basque berri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basque | berri | news; new |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | بری | since |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ـی | 3rd-person possessive suffix |
| 4 | Persian | ـی | Forms nouns or adjectives from nouns; Forms... |
| 5 | Middle Persian | -yk' | — |
| 6 | Old Persian | -𐎡𐎣 | of, pertaining to, belonging to, related to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -kas | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |