Arrani, Arrain, Arrai. En torno al protovasco "Artani" y sus derivaciones lingüísticas

Abstract

Basque language which is arrain, or arrai It seemed quite a unique word comparative to its counterparts in English, French and Spanish for example and thus inspired a small linguistic study about its origins. After some consideration it was thought the best way forward was to begin with the protoBasque word for fish (or arrani) and then to examine how much it diverged from the etymology of other European languages. (Even if it is possible to identify proto forms in languages there is much disparity berween the archaelogical and linguistic records. For example, we are largely ignorant about how there might be a connection benveen the prot-language and the prehistoric evidence for fish discovered in the forms of osteological material and of mural paintings at cave sites in the Basque region). Nonetheless, it was found that the word for fish in the Basque language had in fact developed in a distinct manner which further supports notions of the language's autocthonous origins. Al1 other European languages had evolved words for fish out of Indo-European based derivations. The study demonstrates another anomaly as to why euskera or the Basque language is so special within the continent of Euro.