Hydronym information

hydronym (from Greek: ὕδρω, hydrō, "water" and ὄνομα, onoma, "name") is a type of toponym that designates a proper name of a body of water. Hydronyms...

The tables "Comparison of old European hydronyms" show that, in contradiction to Krahe's opinion, hydronyms (and toponyms) can in some cases very well...

'(He) from the Tiber' < *Tiferis 'Tiber') and Teperie (via the Latin hydronym Tiber). Legendary king Tiberinus, ninth in the king-list of Alba Longa...

or the Yakutsk fortress. The first version of the toponym came from the hydronym "Lena", the second, from "Yakutia", a synonym for Sakha, eventually became...

Name of a... Name of name Any geographical object Toponym Body of water Hydronym Mountain or hill Oronym Region or country Choronym Any inhabited locality...

by the Roma. The term Baltic stems from the name of the Baltic Sea – a hydronym dating back to at least 3rd century B.C. (when Erastothenes mentioned Baltia...

in these regions is found in hydronyms (names of bodies of water) that are characteristically Baltic. The use of hydronyms is generally accepted to determine...

from hydronyms, linguists have searched for its origin among local hydronyms. Usually, such names evolved through the following process: hydronym → toponym...

refer to it as Волга-матушка Volga-Matushka (Mother Volga). The Russian hydronym Volga (Волга) derives from Proto-Slavic *vòlga 'wetness, moisture', which...

organisation, while those pertaining to trade are all loaned or innovated. Hydronyms present a complicated picture; the term for "sea" (det) is native and...

down about three thousand years earlier in c. 1450 BC). According to hydronyms of Baltic origin, the Baltic languages were spoken in a large area east...

the etymology is unclear, the most probable etymological origin for the hydronym Tagus is Indo-European *(s)tag- ('to drip'). The lower Tagus region in...

via Lake Zurich, the Sihl in Zürich, and the Reppisch in Dietikon. The hydronym is first attested in the 8th century, as Lindimacus. It is of Gaulish origin...

Lužice; it could then also be compared to Luze in Franche-Comté and various hydronyms such as Louge. Further down, in the current Saint-Vincent district, was...

dialectic continuum (purple) with proposed material cultures correlating to speakers Balto-Slavic in Bronze Age (white). Red dots = archaic Slavic hydronyms...

society or culture. Ancient Greek personal names Extinction of surnames Hydronym Mononymous persons Naming convention -onym, listing the technical kinds...

be derived from the eponymous river Bosna; believed to be a pre-Slavic hydronym in origin and possibly mentioned for the first time during the 1st century...

Dacians were among the inhabitants of Eastern Europe before and during the Roman Empire. Many hundreds of personal names and placenames are known from...

Pytheas' account of remote nations cannot be trusted. Krahe (1964) claims the hydronym as "Old European", i.e. belonging to the oldest Indo-European layer of...

Europe, the latter with proposed material cultures correlating to speakers of Balto-Slavic in the Bronze Age (white). Red dots = archaic Slavic hydronyms...

The Dittaino (Greek: Χρύσας; Latin: Chrysas) is a river of central Sicily which rises in the Heraean Mountains, not far from the modern towns of Gangi...

pre-Latin theme ab-ên with the suffix -i-ōn(e). This theme would be a hydronym—i.e. a name linked to the river (Rhône), but perhaps also an oronym of...

Myesyats; and Irish Danu with Hindu Danu and the namesake of multiple hydronyms such as the Danube, Don, and Dnieper. After the Roman Empire's conquest...

understood as they are practically unattested. However, from the analysis of hydronyms and retained loanwords, it is known that Selonian and Old Curonian languages...