Luzaideko oikonimiaren azterketa: etxe izengoitiak [A study of Luzaide / Valcarlos oikonymy: house nicknames]

Abstract

Here we look into the nicknames stemming from Luzaide oikonyms, and we provide some data from adjacent valleys. The data indicate that, when generating house nicknames for females, Luzaide aligns with the villages in Garazi and with those in Aezkoa and Zaraitzu. We focus on the development of Luzaide from the Middle Ages up to the 19th century: we determine the number of houses for each century, and we describe how the neighborhoods have evolved. We then move on to defining house nicknames and, once a table with Luzaide oikonyms and nicknames has been provided, we draw some conclusions, e.g. that house nicknames are the source of some surnames in use.