Where does “etxe-txakur” come from?

etxe-txakur (Basque) comes from Basque txakur, from Basque zakur, from Proto-Basque zacuŕ — dog, hound.

etxe-txakur (Basque): domestic dog

Definitions

  1. domestic dog

Ancestry of “etxe-txakur”, step by step

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

via Basque txakur

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

via Basque etxe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Basqueetxehouse; home; building, place where an activity...
2BasqueetseArchaic form of etxe
Every word from Proto-Basque zacuŕ →Every word from Basque zakur →Every word from Basque txakur →