Where does “Ertzaintza” come from?

Ertzaintza (Basque) comes from Basque herri, from Proto-Basque *(h)eRi — town, nation, inhabited place.

Ertzaintza (Basque): The police force of the Basque Country, Spain

Definitions

  1. The police force of the Basque Country, Spain

Ancestry of “Ertzaintza”, step by step

Ertzaintza traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Basque herri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Basqueherrivillage, town; people, nation; country
2Proto-Basque*(h)eRitown, nation, inhabited place

via Basque zaintza

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Basquezaintza—

Words derived from “Ertzaintza”

Every word from Proto-Basque *(h)eRi →