From: stlatos
Message: 69866
Date: 2012-06-23
>It probably was orig. 'East River', but from the Greek for 'early / in the morning' (that is, the mythical river the sun (god) had to cross in the east for the sun to rise, identical to Oceanus).
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Bhrihskwobhloukstroy <bhrihstlobhrouzghdhroy@> wrote:
> >
> > I, as expected, find the Celtic etymology of Eridanos
> > (*h'eperi-dh2no-s 'East River') convincing; nevertheless, as per
> > above, this is irrelevant to our question, because this latter raises
> > anyway with just two ancient local names for the Po, Bodincus and
> > Padus.
>
> Holy hydronyms, Batman! The East River is in Gotham City. And holy Harold, Batman! You now have a Celtic etymology for a river of Athens.
>