Where does “udalerri” come from?

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

udalerri (Basque): municipality; administrative division of a city...

Definitions

  1. municipality; administrative division of a city...

Ancestry of “udalerri”, step by step

udalerri 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 udal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Basqueudalcity council, town council; municipality
Every word from Proto-Basque *(h)eRi
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