Dniester
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Russian Днестр (Dnestr), pre-reform orthography Днѣстръ (Dněstr), ultimately (compare Byzantine Greek Δάναστρις (Dánastris) and Late Latin Danaster) from Old Ossetic (Sarmatian) *dānu nazdya "the close river" (the Dnieper being the far one). The first element is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰánwati << *dʰénh₂- ~ dʰn̥h₂-u- << Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂- (“to flow”), found in several other river names such as Danube and Донец (Donec); more at Danube.
Pronunciation
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[edit]Dniester
- A river in Eastern Europe, flowing through Ukraine and Moldova to the Black Sea.
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[edit]river in Europe
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References
[edit]- Mallory, J.P; Mair, Victor H. (2000). The Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 106.
- Abajev, V. I. (1949) Осетинский язык и фольклор I [Ossetian Language and Folklore I][1] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 236
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- en:Rivers in Europe