Re: PIE *nr-, *nur-?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Francesco Brighenti" <frabrig@...>
wrote:

>
>
> Dear listmembers,
>
> As a side note to Giuseppe's message copied below: a Wikipedia
> article states the following:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nur
> << *nur is a Proto-Indo-European root denoting water or river. As
> such it is a part of several river and city names in Europe,
> including Narew, Narva and Neretva. >>
>
> From another Wikipedia article:
>
> << [The river] Narew originates in Belarus and flows into the
> Vistula river in Poland........The name of the river comes from a
> Proto-Indo-European root *nr primarily associated with water
> (compare with Narva, Neretva, Neris, Ner and Nur). >>
>

Another great source of etymological research on the internet
is the cybalist group, in the archives of which one might try
to find the above river names.


Torsten