Re: [tied] Re: IE "river" (4)

At 12:15:09 PM on Sunday, April 10, 2005, squilluncus wrote:

> Å is a descendant from ahwa. Cf the archipelago province
> between Sweden and Finland: Sw. Åland, Fi. Ahvenmaa

ON <á>.

> 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

ON <elfr>.

[...]

> Flod is Scandinavian corresponding to German Fluss.

ON <flóð> (and related feminine <flœðr> 'flood-tide').

[...]

> Bekk, bäck, Bach = brook

ON <bekkr>.

Brian