Δούναβης
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Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Either from South Slavic (cf. Old Church Slavonic Дунавъ (Dunavŭ), Дꙋнавъ (Dunavŭ), Macedonian Дунав (Dunav), Serbo-Croatian Dunav, all from Proto-Slavic *Dunavь) or from Byzantine Greek Δούναβις (Doúnabis), either way from Gothic *𐌳𐍉𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹 (*dōnawi), from Proto-Germanic *Dōnawjaz, from Proto-Celtic *Dānowyos (whence also Latin Danubius), an extended form of the river-name *Dānu, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu (“river goddess”), akin to *dʰenh₂- (“to set in motion; to flow”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Δούναβης • (Doúnavis) m
Declension[edit]
Δούναβης
Further reading[edit]
Δούναβης on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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