 from which he fancifully deduced a putative root *aba "father".He formed numerous neologisms based on this putative word such as "aberri" (*aba + "herri" "land, people, country, settlement"), "abizen" "surname" (*aba + "izen" "name") or "abenda" "race" (*aba + "enda" "lineage").From "aberri" he then went on the coin "abertzale" "patriot" ("aberri" "fatherland" + "-(t)zale", a suffix denoting someone keen on something).