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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Andrew Jarrette <anjarrette@...>
wrote:
> I am very surprised that no one has mentioned the other Germanic
word for "river", namely *ahwo: (> Gothic ahwa, Old Norse a: (with
descendants in modern Scandinavian languages), Old English e:a)! IE
*akwa: or *ak^wa:, Latin aqua.
> Would German fluss (< Gmc *flutiz, "a flowing") also be a
candidate here?
>
Å is a descendant from ahwa. Cf the archipelago province between
Sweden and Finland: Sw. Åland, Fi. Ahvenmaa
Since no germanicists seem to be on duty during the week-end I will
ad some other Germanic river terms:
Norw. elv, Sw, älv, Germ. Elbe
Either
connected with Latin albus, i.e. flowing gently so as to show a
light, whitish surface
or
connected with Latin alveus, river-bed, and Greek aulo:n, canal,
suggesting a river having caved out a deep furrow .
Flod is Scandinavian corresponding to German Fluss.
Related to flow, float. In Scandinavia it means both river and
English "flood".
Fl cannot be related to Latin flumen, fluvius. Rather Greek pleo:
Bekk, bäck, Bach = brook
Lars