The Sansc. verb _gam_, to go, along with its allied forms, is formed on
a simpler verb _gâ_, of the same meaning. To this I put the following.
1. _Holland._ The GOUW. Joins the Yssel.
_Persia._ CHOES or CHO(ASPES)[26] ant.
2. _With the ending en._
_Germany._ GEWIN(AHA), 9th cent., now the JAHN(BACH).
3. _Compounded with ster, river._
_Asia Minor._ The CAYSTER and CESTRUS--here?
The Sansc. _ikh_, to move, must, I think, contain the root of the
following, though I find no derivatives in any sense nearer to that of
water or river.
1. _Russia._ The IK. Two rivers.
2. _With the ending en._
_England._ ICENA (_Cod. Dip._) The ITCHEN.
_France._ ICAUNA ant. The IONNE.
3. _With the ending el._
_Moravia._ The IGLA or IGL(AWA).
_France._ The ECOLLE. Dep. Seine-et-Oise.
From the Sansc. _dravas_, flowing, are derived, according to Bopp, the
Drave and the Trave. The root-verb is, I presume, _drâ_, to move. Hence
I have suggested, p. 37, may be the Welsh _dwr_, water.
1. _Scotland._ The TARF, several small rivers--here?
_Germany._ DRAVUS, 1st cent. The DRAVE, Germ. DRAU.
_Italy._ The TREBBIA. Joins the Po.
2. _With the ending en._
_Germany._ TRAVENA, 10th cent., now the TRAVE.
TREWINA, 9th cent. The DRAN.
DRONA, 9th cent. The DRONE.
TRUNA, 7th cent. The TRAUN.
_France._ The DRONNE. Joins the Isle.
In the Sansc. _dram_, to move, to run, Gr. δρέμω, whence _dromedary_,
&c., is to be found the root of the following. But _dram_, as I take it,
is an interchanged form with the preceding _drav_, as _amon_ = _avon_,
&c., _ante_.
1. _Scotland._ The TROME and the TRUIM. Inverness.
_France._ The DROME and the DARME.
_Belgium._ The DURME.
_Germany._ The DARM, by Darmstadt.
2. _With the ending en._
_Norway._ The DRAMMEN. Christiania Fjord.
Another word of the same meaning as the last, and perhaps allied in its
root, is Sansc. _trag_, to run, Gr. τρέχω, Goth. _thragjan_. It will
be observed that the above Greek verb mixes up in its tenses with the
obsolete verb δρέμω of the preceding group. In all these words
signifying to run there may be something of rapidity, though I am not
able to remove them out of this category.
1. _France._ The DRAC. Joins the Isère.
_Prussia._ The DRAGE.
_Greece._ TRAGUS ant.
_Italy._ The TREJA. Joins the Tiber.
2. _With the ending en._
_Sicily._ The TRACHINO. Joins the Simeto.
The Sansc. _il_, to move, Gr. ἑίλω, Old High Germ. _ilen_, Swed. _ila_,
Mod. Germ. _eilen_, to hasten, Fr. _aller_, &c., is a very widely spread
root in river-names.
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