Hi all,
today I was wondering about the word "aberats" (=rich)... Looks like that the origin is related to ''abere'' (=farm animal), so that ''aberats'' should be someone which owns lots on animals. That would be a nice story, one of this beautiful Basque words which keeps in it echoes of the prehistoric past (haitzur, haizto, haizkora ... perhaps horma and gela?). The thing is that I don't see what the suffix -ats coud be, or where could it stem from.
Some Basque aficionado has any idea?
cheers,
arabarra