Etymology of Eau

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Unnumbered source etymology

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name

Any of several rivers in Lincolnshire.

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

From Old English ēa (“running water, water, stream, river”), from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”). Cognate with North Frisian ia (“river”), Saterland Frisian Äi (“river”), West Frisian ie (“water, stream”), Dutch aa (“water, stream”), German Ache (“water, stream, river, flood”), Swedish å (“stream, creek”), Icelandic á (“stream, river”), Latin aqua (“water”). Doublet of aqua and yeo. Related to, but not derived from, French eau ("water").

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Inherited-form mentionēaang
Inherited-form mention*ahwōgem-pro
Derivation mention*h₂ekʷeh₂ine-pro
Cognate mentioniafrr
Cognate mentionÄistq
Cognate mentioniefy
Cognate mentionaanl
Cognate mentionAchede
Cognate mentionåsv
Cognate mentionáis
Cognate mentionaquala
Doublet mentionaquaen
Doublet mentionyeoen
Cognate mentioneaufr

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