Where does “azeri-txakur” come from?

azeri-txakur (Basque) comes from Basque azeri, from Proto-Basque azenari, from Latin Asenarius — commonly found around the Iberian Peninsula and the south of France.

azeri-txakur (Basque): a hound used to hunt foxes, foxhound

Definitions

  1. a hound used to hunt foxes, foxhound

Ancestry of “azeri-txakur”, step by step

azeri-txakur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Basque azeri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Basqueazeriastute, sly; fox
2Proto-Basqueazenarifox
3LatinAsenariuscommonly found around the Iberian Peninsula and the south of France

via Basque txakur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Basquetxakurdog; cop
2Basquezakurhound
3Proto-Basquezacuŕdog, hound
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