- hydronymy
- hy·dron·y·my
English syllables. 2014.
hydronymy
Look at other dictionaries:
hydronymy — hīˈdränəmē noun ( es) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary hydr + onymy : names of bodies of water … Useful english dictionary
Old European hydronymy — Old European (alteuropäisch) is the term used by Hans Krahe (1964) for the language of the oldest reconstructed stratum of European hydronymy (river names) in Central and Western Europe.[1] The character of these river names is pre Germanic and… … Wikipedia
Out of India theory — Indo European topics Indo European languages (list) Albanian · Armenian · Baltic Celtic … Wikipedia
Toponymy — This article focuses on the scientific study of place names. For a discussion of the origins of place names themselves see Place name origins. Toponymy is the scientific study of place names (toponyms), their origins, meanings, use and typology.… … Wikipedia
List of river name etymologies — This page lists the various etymologies (origins) of the names of rivers around the world.Africa*Apies: from Afrikaans meaning little apes *Berg: from Afrikaans meaning mountain *Breede: from Afrikaans meaning wide *Escravos: from Portuguese… … Wikipedia
March (disambiguation) — Contents 1 Marching 2 Regions 3 Toponymy 4 Hydronymy … Wikipedia
Hydronym — A hydronym (from Greek hudor , water and onuma , name ) is a proper name of a body of water. Hydronymy is the study of hydronyms and of how bodies of water receive their names and how they are transmitted through history. It can apply to rivers,… … Wikipedia
Rigvedic rivers — Rivers, such as the Sapta Sindhu ( seven rivers ),[1] play a prominent part in the hymns of the Rigveda, and consequently in early Vedic religion. It is likely that they are derived from older Proto Indo Iranian or Proto Indo European hydronyms… … Wikipedia
Vasconic languages — The Vasconic languages are a controversial and hypothetical language family. The theory has been coined by the German linguist Theo Vennemann, but has been disputed by other linguists. According to Vennemann, Vasconic languages were once… … Wikipedia
Hans Krahe — (7 February 1898 ndash; 25 June 1965) was a German philologist and linguist, specializing over many decades in the Illyrian languages.Between 1936 and 1946 he was a professor at the University of Würzburg, where he founded the Archiv für die… … Wikipedia
