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Oso

Basque translation: hartz

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Spanish term or phrase:oso
Basque translation:hartz

18:39 Oct 8, 2001
Spanish to Basque translations [Non-PRO]
Spanish term or phrase: Oso
El nombre del animal
Jesús Paredes
Local time: 03:52
hartz
Explanation:
Me parece que es hartz. Mira esta referencia, me parece muy interesante. Es en inglés.

¡Suerte!

There are some cases where Basque and Celtic words seem to belong together, but where sound laws appear to forbid a direct connection. The Basque word hartz „bear“ resembles Irish art „bear“ and Welsh arth „bear“ (Proto-Celtic probably *arkto-s). The Celtic words are of Indo-European origin and cognate with Classical Greek arktos, Latin ursus, and Sanskrit rksa- „bear“. We would expect *arto or *arta in Basque, if the Celtic word were represented here. There is no transition -t- > -tz- in Basque. If Basque hartz is not a Celtic loanword, should we then assume (Pre-Roman, Pre-Latin) Pre-Celtic Basque-Indo-European contact?

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Sheila Hardie
Spain
Local time: 09:52
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Gracias a SJH y a Linguavox por su ayuda. En realidad, ya conocía el término y quería confirmación. Saludos
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4 +1hartz
Sheila Hardie
5"Hartz"
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hartz


Explanation:
Me parece que es hartz. Mira esta referencia, me parece muy interesante. Es en inglés.

¡Suerte!

There are some cases where Basque and Celtic words seem to belong together, but where sound laws appear to forbid a direct connection. The Basque word hartz „bear“ resembles Irish art „bear“ and Welsh arth „bear“ (Proto-Celtic probably *arkto-s). The Celtic words are of Indo-European origin and cognate with Classical Greek arktos, Latin ursus, and Sanskrit rksa- „bear“. We would expect *arto or *arta in Basque, if the Celtic word were represented here. There is no transition -t- > -tz- in Basque. If Basque hartz is not a Celtic loanword, should we then assume (Pre-Roman, Pre-Latin) Pre-Celtic Basque-Indo-European contact?

http://free.freespeech.org/ehj/html/mowstr.html

Sheila Hardie
Spain
Local time: 09:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Gracias a SJH y a Linguavox por su ayuda. En realidad, ya conocía el término y quería confirmación. Saludos

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fernando Muela Sopeña: Sí, es "hartz", te lo puedo confirmar.
3 hrs
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
"Hartz"


Explanation:
Sí, se dice "hartz" (y si le añades el artículo determinado, "hartza" (el oso). Hay muchas canciones populares con esta palabra (te lo digo por experiencia, conozco muchas de mi infancia).
Un ejemplo,
"Hemen dago hartza, Iurretako plazan, dantza dantza dantza, pum pum pum"

LinguaVox
Spain
Local time: 09:52
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in FrenchFrench
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