Part 11 (2/2)

1. _Germany._ MOTA, 8th cent., now the MEDE or MEHE.

2. _With the ending er._ _England._ The MADDER. Wilts.h.i.+re.

_Germany._ MATRA, 8th cent., now the MODER.

_Italy._ METAURUS ant., the METAURO--here?

3. _With the ending ern._ _France._ MATRONA[35] ant., now the Marne.

_Italy._ MATRINUS ant. in Picenum.

4. _With the ending el._ _Germany._ The MADEL.

The only appellative for a river which I find derived from its sound is the Sanscrit _nadi_, Hind. _nuddy_, from _nad_, sonare. Whether the following names should come in here may be uncertain; I can find no links between them and the Sanscrit; perhaps the root _nid_, p. 54, may be suitable.

1. _France._ NODA ant., now the Noain.

2. _With the ending er._ _England._ The NODDER. (Noddre, _Cod. Dip._) _Hungary._ The NEUTRA. Joins the Danube.

3. _With the ending es._ _Venetia._ NATISO ant., now the NATISONE.

The only words I can find at all bearing upon the following river-names are the Serv. _jezor_, Bohem. and Illyr. _jezero_, lake, wherein may probably lie a word _jez_, signifying water. But respecting its etymology I am entirely in the dark.

1. _Germany._ JAZ(AHA), 8th cent., now the JOSS.

JEZ(AWA), 11th cent., a brook near Lobenstein.

The JETZA. Joins the Elbe.

The JESS(AVA). Joins the Danube.

2. _With the ending er._ _Russia._ The JISDRA. Joins the Oka.

3. _Compounded with main, river._ _Russia._ The JESMEN. Gov. Tchnerigov.

Another word, of which the belongings are not clearly to be traced, is the Armorican _houl_, _houlen_, unda, to which we may put the following.

1. _England._ The HULL. Joins the Humber.

_Finland._ The ULLEA. Gulf of Bothnia.

_Spain._ The ULLA in Galicia.

2. _Compounded with ster, river._ _Germany._ ULSTRA, 9th cent., now the ULSTER.

In the Irish and Obs. Gael. _dothar_, water, Welsh _diod_, drink, _diota_, to tipple--with which we may perhaps also connect the Lapp.

_dadno_, river, Albanian d?t, sea, and Rhaet. _dutg_, torrent, we may find the root of the following.

1. _Germany._ The DUYTE. Joins the Hase.

The DUDE, a small stream in Prussia.

2. _With the ending en._ _England._ The DUDDON. Lake district.

3. _With the ending er._ _Ireland._ The DODDER.

4. _Compounded with mal._[36]

_Germany._ DUTHMALA, 8th cent., now the DOMMEL.

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