Basque edit

Etymology edit

Likely borrowed from Latin esocīna, from esox (salmon) +‎ -īna, itself borrowed from Gaulish *esoks, from Proto-Celtic *esoxs (salmon).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation edit

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  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /is̻okin/ [i.s̻o.kĩn]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /is̺okin/ [i.s̺o.kĩn]

  • Rhymes: -okin
  • Hyphenation: i‧zo‧kin

Noun edit

izokin anim

  1. salmon

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Spanish: esguín

References edit

  1. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “esox”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 167
  2. ^ Coromines, Joan (1961) “ESGUÍN”, in Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 247
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*esok-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 119

Further reading edit

  • "izokin" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • izokin” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus