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Where does “euskera” come from?

euskera (Spanish) comes from Basque euskera, from Basque euskara, from Proto-Basque euscala.

euskera (Spanish): Basque, of the Basque language; the Basque...

Definitions

  1. Basque, of the Basque language; the Basque...

Ancestry of “euskera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BasqueeuskeraThe Basque language
2BasqueeuskaraThe Basque language
3Proto-Basqueeuscala—
Every word from Proto-Basque euscala →