Un caso de fonética histórica estudiado en la toponimia alabesa: la alternancia l, r

Apraiz Buesa, Odón de

Publication year:

1920

Publication place:

París

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Summary

In Alava, in the beginning of the XIII century there was, in the Basque language, an evolution of the phoneme "- r-" that changed to " -l -". This evolution is observed in the place-names that have the roots "uri" (town), "buru" (head, hill), "garai" (height) and "borin" (windmill). All the changes are explained