Resumen de Evidence for Basque as an Indo-European Language
G. Forni
This article provides phonetic, lexical and grammatical evidence that Basque is an Indo-European language. It provides a brief history of previous research into the origins of Basque; a short description of the genesis of the article; a descrption of the methodology adopted for the present research; an overview of Michelena's internal reconstruction of Pre-Basque; 23 sets of chronologically arranged sound laws linking Proto-Indo-European to Pre-Basuqe; Indo-European etymologies for 75% of the Basque native basic lexicon, with systematic cross-references to regular sound laws; Indo-European etymologies of some Basque bound morphemes, including case markers; a discussion of the findings; and Indo-European etymologies of 40 additional, non-basic lexical items.
