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English word origin

Etymology of Aa

The river names are ostensibly from Proto-West Germanic *ahu (“river”).

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Unnumbered source etymology

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A river in northern France, flowing 93 km from near Bourthes, Pas-de-Calais department into the North Sea near Gravelines, Nord department. · A small river in the Netherlands, flowing 72 km from near Nederweert, Limburg into the Dieze at 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant. · A tributary of the Möhne river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, part of the Rhine basin. · A tributary of the Nether river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, part of the Weser basin.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

The river names are ostensibly from Proto-West Germanic *ahu (“river”).

Relationships mentioned by the source

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  • Derivation mention*ahugmw-pro

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Imported from Wiktionary contributors; extracted by Tatu Ylonen / Wiktextract / Kaikki.org. Selected fields are reformatted and grouped; wording, source identity and etymology sections are retained. CC-BY-SA-4.0 applies to the imported source material.

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Machine-source provenance
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