On the origins of words and names

Abstract

talk Michelena a conference on onomastics. It us Michelena’s reflections, formulated towards the end of his life, regarding the contribution that the study of place names, in particular medieval ones, can make to our knowledge of the history of the Basque language, as well as pitfalls to be avoided in these endeavors. It some advice to young researchers in the field. The 1991 the proceedings of the conference, the death in 1987. What was published in this volume of proceedings, and later in Michelena’s Complete Works , is a text that Michelena may not have had a to fully and he certainly did not the these