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The River TIGRIS (English "wa-Ters", hydro-) Turkish DICLE and Arabic DIJLA "arrow" may not be original. The term possibly relates to Indo-European e.g. Latvian TEKLIS, TEKLITis "flowing", DIEGIS "thread, channel" Latvian UDRIS or UDENIS "water", Greek HYDRO- HUDRO-, Indo-European *WED, Akkadian IDI-KLAT , Biblical HIDD-EKEL, whence Latvian KRAC- "rapids, noisy" Indo-European *kele ("CLAmor, noise"). Indo-European *WED-*KELE whence Latvian VE-DEKLIS "carrier, flower".
The River EUPHRATES (English "flood, flat, Platte River") Akkadian PURATTU, Biblical PERATH, Turkish FIRAT, Arabic FURAT Possibly related to Indo-European, e.g. Latvian UPE, UPELITE "river", PURv- "silty, boggy, marshy" PLUDU- "flood(ing)", but also Latvian BREC- "noisy", In Latvian the saying "UDEns KRAC un UPE BREC", which means The water "roars" and the river "bellows" i.e. Tigris and Euphrates.
The River MISSISSIPPI American Indian name meaning "BIG muddy") Possibly related to Indo-European, e.g. Latvian MILZIS-UPE "giant river, big river" > MISSISS-IPPI
The River WINNIPEG allegedly Indian Cree win nipee "little muddy water," which does not fit the Winnipeg river at all since the Winnipeg river is not "weany" but is a "rapid river" on which "numerous falls and rapids hinder navigation" and which is used today to produce Manitoba's electric power supply. Possibly related to Indo-European e.g. Latvian VILN-UPE "wavy, rapid river" > WINN-IPEG. |
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