Where does “piper beltz” come from?

piper beltz (Basque) comes from Basque beltz, from Proto-Basque *beletz, from Proto-Basque bel- — black, dark.

piper beltz (Basque): black pepper

Definitions

  1. black pepper

Ancestry of “piper beltz”, step by step

piper beltz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Basque beltz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Basquebeltzblack; dark; sad
2Proto-Basque*beletzblack
3Proto-Basquebel-black, dark

via Basque piper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Basquepiper—
Every word from Proto-Basque bel- →Every word from Proto-Basque *beletz →Every word from Basque beltz →