Re: [cybalist] Re: Easter

John Croft wrote:

> 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
>
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Mallory traces the origin of the names of the south Russian/Ukranian
rivers to the Iranians. *Danu meaning river. Danuvius (Danube, Donau) is a
Celtic name from the same IE root. Examples he gives are Don /' river',
Dnieper (*danu apara) 'river to the rear', and Dniester (*danu nazdya)
'river to the front'.

Steve