Re: Ebre = spanish river = celtiberic roots ?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Octavià Alexandre <oalexandre@...> wrote:

> Another possible cognate of the same root is *akwa: 'running water', the
> source of Latin acqua 'water', where it replaced the common inherited IE
> word. Hydronyms with *-apa/aba and *-upa/uba would also have come from
> this source.

PIE *akwa: is attested by both Latin and Germanic, with some possible
relatives in other groups. Incidentaly, the Latin is simply <aqua>.

Richard.