Where does “hitz egin” come from?

hitz egin (Basque) comes from Basque hitz — word.

hitz egin (Basque): to speak, to talk

Definitions

  1. to speak, to talk

Ancestry of “hitz egin”, step by step

hitz egin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Basque hitz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Basquehitzword

via Basque egin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Basqueeginto do, make, create, produce; to be; to speak
Every word from Basque hitz
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