View Message

This is a reply within a larger thread: view the whole thread

[Facts] Re: Basque Names
in reply to a message by lac
The information about Eider as feminine of Eder is not correct. As you can check at Euskaltzaindia (http://www.euskaltzaindia.com/eoda/izenak.asp?onoma=izenak&hizkuntza=es&testua=eider), Eider is a newly made name in Basque, not from Eder but from the European bird name and/or from the Gaelic Eideard.And about the rules for feminizing male names, some names just change the masculine -a to an -e (Koldobika > Koldobike), other names add an -a (Sabin > Sabina)... Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com
vote up1vote down

No replies