Donua
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *Dānowyos (compare Welsh river name Donwy), an extended form of the river-name *Dānu, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu (“river goddess”), akin to *dʰenh₂- (“to set in motion; to flow”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editDonua f
- (indeclinable) Danube
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Donua”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.