Re: [tied] Ancient Greek name for Volga River

Sergejus Tarasovas napisał(a):

> I was thinking about that. But what does one make of Vlha and Wilga
> then? A case of different motivation with the same outcome, accidently?

Fitting a foreign hydronym into one's native pattern of river-naming,
presumably. That's what calquing is often all about.

Piotr