[gothic-l] Re: Danparstadir

[Francisc Czobor]

Hi Steve,

Tanais was not the ancient name of Don?
Anyway, Tanais can also be derived from danu-.
But all this is already off-topic.

Francisc

--- In gothic-l at y..., Alburysteve at a... wrote:
> ...
> As is the Danube (Danu-apa).  But sure danu "river" must be derived
from IE
> *deh-nu and is closely connected with a water goddess cognatic forms
of whose
> name is found in Irish (Danu), Welsh (Don), Greek (Danaus), and
Vedic (Danu).
>  Odd, though, that the Skythians, speaking an Iranian language,
called the
> Danube the Tanais.
>
> Rgds,
>
> Steve O'Brien
> Albury, Ontario


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