From: tgpedersen@...
Message: 6007
Date: 2001-02-10
> --- In cybalist@..., tgpedersen@... wrote:Yes. But I don't see the etymological connection?
> >
> >
> > Jon Galster mentions two more *d-n- river names in support of his
> > theory: Düna (supposedly the "exit route" for the Danes into the
> > Baltic)
>
> If I understand correctly, the name of the river you mean is (via
> Slavic)< Baltic *Dauguva: 'lagre (river)'.
>
> Sergei