Re: [cybalist] Re: Easter

From: John Croft
Message: 2197
Date: 2000-04-25

Sergei wrote

> As far as I'm concerned, Dnepr and Dnestr contain East-Iranian stem
*dVn-
> 'river'. I'm not sure if we have Iranists on the list; they could
clarify
> the matter.

That being so we find the East Iranian influence as far as the Danube
(German Donau). It is hardly surprising that Celtic Rivers were
sacred to Dana (Gaelic) and Don (Welsh).

I suspect it goes back beyond East Iranian, unless somehow they got
to
Ireland too....

Regards

John