Topónimos alaveses de base antroponímica terminados en –iz, -ez y –ona / -oa

Abstract

Placenames of Álava with anthroponymical bases and ending in –iz, -ez and –ona / -oaIn this work we analyze the alavese toponyms that are based on a person name, whose origin is usually Latin, in addition to these toponyms having suffixes like –iz (Basque and Spanish), -ez (Spanish) on the one hand, and –ona (Spanish), -oa (Basque) on the other. After dealing with what various authors have claimed about the origin of said suffixes, we propose the Latin genitive ending –(o)nis for –ez, -iz, albeit the genitive form –ici of the suffix –icus can not be discarded here either. It is clear, in any case, that from some point on the –(i)(t)z suffix that denoted ownership became an independent suffix on its own right, being subsequently applied to native names, which shows us that it is not always necessary to resort to Latin. On the other hand, regarding the suffix –ona, -oa, which also denotes ownership, we propose, following what other authors have claimed about its origins, the accusative ending –one(m) as the original form, which appeared first in names declined following the pattern –o, -onis and eventually became adapted to the declension –ona, -onae.