Ur (root)

Ur (root)

Ur is the Basque word for 'water'.

This root may be found in many place names and some derivates as:
* uharre / ugarre 'torrent'
* uhaitz / ugaitz 'torrential river' (French gave).
* urtz-◂ Ourse > Ousse, Urtzaran, Ossau Valley < "valis ursaliensis" (1127), Oursbelille

House names (thus family names)

* Uhalde or Ugalde, from "ur alde" 'water side'; Family names: "Duhalde, Uhalt, Duhalt".
* Uharte or Ugarte, from "ur arte" 'between water' ('between two brooks'; 'island'); Family names: "Duhart, Duarte'.

River names (thus village names)

*Urola, from "ur ola" 'hut of the water', coastal river in Azpeitia and Zumaia (Spain)
*Urrobi, from "ur hobi" 'water hole', tributary of the Irati River, inNavarre
*Ugaran, from "ur haran" 'water valley', in Zugarramurdi
*Uhabia, from "ur habia" 'water hole', coastal river in Bidart (France)
*Uhaneko erreka, right tributary of the Nive in Cambo-les-Bains
*Uhanki, brook in Saint-Michel
*Urontʰo (= Urondo) tributary of Ur Handia between Jatxou and Villefranque
*Ur Handia 'big brook', brooks in Larrau and tributary of the Ardanabia in Hasparren
*Ur Gaitza (Urgatxa) 'dangerous brook', tributary of the Ardanabia in Urcuit
*Ur Ona (Uroneko erreka) 'good water', brook in Ahetze
*Ur Xuria (Urtxuria) 'white water', tributary of the Irati River from the Larrau Pass
*Ur Beltza, Ur Beltxa 'black water', brook in Aldudes
*Urepel 'tepid water', commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques
*Urcuray, river and village of the commune of Hasparrenand probably:
*Urioko erreka, tributary of the Figareliko erreka in Sare (Uri, tributary of the Harane in Sare).
*Oria, coastal river in Lasarte-Oria.
*Urlo, tributary of the Haltzabala from Espelette and Souraïde.
*Urma, tributary of the Nivelle from Ainhoa.


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