The River-Names of Europe
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The River-Names of Europe is by Robert Ferguson. The preface says the object of the work is to arrange and explain the names of European Rivers on a more comprehensive principle than has hitherto been attempted in England, or, to the best of the writer's belief, in Germany. The text says that, though we may take it that the prevailing element in the river-names of Europe is the Celtic, we must turn for assistance to all the languages that are cognate. The text says we should scarcely suspect a relationship between our Itchen and the French Ionne if we did not know that the ancient name of the one was Icene, and of the other Icauna.
The text lists rivers by country, among them the Rasay in Scotland, the Ross in Ireland, the Riss in Germany and the Reuss in Switzerland, which joins the Aar. The text says Armstrong derives the name of the Garonne and other rivers from the Gael. garbh, Welsh garw, violent.
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- Robert Ferguson
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- 126
- Language
- English
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- European History
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