The Old Celtic word _vind_, found in many ancient names of persons and places, as Vindo, Vindus, Vindanus,[59] Vindobona, Vindobala, &c., represents the present Welsh _gwyn_ (=_gwynd_), and the Ir. _finn_ (=_find_), white. "The Celt. _vind_," observes Gluck, "comes from the same root as the Goth. _hveit_; it stands for _cvind_ with an intrusive _n_; the root is _cvid_ = the Germ. root _hvit_." The meaning in river-names is bright, clear, pure. 1. _England._ The VENT. Cumberland. The QUENNY. Shropshire. _Wales._ The GWYNEDD (=GWYND?) _Ireland._ The FINN. Ulster. _France._ The VENDÉE. Dep. Vendée. _Russia._ The VIND(AU) or WIND(AU). 2. _With the ending en._ _Scotland._ The FINNAN. Inverness. 3. _With the ending er._ _England._ The lake WINDER(MERE)?[60] _Ireland._ WINDERIUS; _Ptolemy_, a river not identified. 4. _With the ending rn, p. 34._ _Scotland._ The FINDHORN. Inverness. 5. _With the ending el._ _England._ The WANDLE. Surrey. _Germany._ FINOLA, 8th cent., now the VEHNE. From the Welsh _llwys_, clear, pure, Gael. _las_, to shine, Gael. and Ir. _leus_, light, cognate with Old Norse _lios_, clear, pure, Lat. _luceo_, &c., I derive the following. The Gael. _lâ_, _lo_, day, must, I think, contain the root. 1. _England._ The LIZA. Cumberland. _Scotland._ The LOSSIE. Elgin. _France._ The LEZ. Dep. Herault. _Belgium._ The LESSE. _Germany._ The LOOSE. Pruss. Sax. 2. _With the ending en._ _France._ The LIZENA. _Sweden._ The LJUSNE. Falls into the Gulf of Bothnia. 3. _With the ending er._ _Germany._ LESURA, 11th cent., now the LIESER. LYSERA, 10th cent., now the LEISER. From the root of the above, by the prefix _g_, is formed Gael. and Welsh _glas_, blue or green, (perhaps originally rather transparent), and the Old Norse _gladr_, Old High Germ. _glatt_, shining. _Scotland._ The GLASS. Inverness. GLASS. A lake, Rosshire. _Germany._ The GLATT. Hohenzollern Sig. _Switzerland._ GLATA, 8th cent. The GLATT. Also from the same root come Gael., Ir., and Arm. _glan_, Welsh _glain_, pure, clear, Eng. _clean_. _England._ The GLEN. Northumberland. The GLEN. Lincolnshire. The CLUN. Shropshire. _France._ The GLANE. _Germany._ GLANA, 8th cent. The GLAN, two rivers, and the GLON, three rivers. _Switzerland._ The KLÖN, a small but beautiful lake in the Klönthal--here, or to _klein_, little? _Italy._ CLANIS ant., now the CHIANA. CLANIUS ant., in Campania. _Illyria._ The GLAN, in Carinthia.