Berriz
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Berriz (in
Spanish National Statistics Institute
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Toponymy
Berriz belongs to a series of
Latin suffix -icus. Caro Baroja considered that on toponymy, the suffixes -oz, -ez and -iz used to be combined with the name of the owner of the lands, with its origin being in some place between the Middle Ages and the Roman Empire
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In the case of Berriz, Caro Baroja suggested that the name might come from Verrius, the documented
Latin name. Then, to the name Verrius it was added the suffix -icus (indicating that the lands were owned by Verrius) and became Verricus.[2] From then, the name evolved to Verrici and from there to Verriz. The name of the town in Spanish
used to be Vérriz.
Another theory about is origin negates the Latin origin and proposes a Basque origin. Berriz might come from Be(h)e ("under") and Oiz in reference to the Oiz mountain, and then "under Oiz" as of "in the or at the bottom of Oiz".
Notable people
- Miren Amuriza (born 1990), bertsolari and Biscayan writer
References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Caro Baroja, Julio (June 1945). Materiales para una historia de la lengua vasca en su relación con la latina. Acta Salmanticensia, tomo I, número 3.
External links
- Bérriz in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)
- Bérriz Town Hall Archived 2009-09-16 at the Wayback Machine in Basque and Spanish
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