Дънѣстръ

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Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Old Ossetic (Sarmatian) *dānu nazdya "the close river" (the Dnieper being the far one). The first element is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰánwati << *dʰénh₂- ~ dʰn̥h₂-u- << Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂- (to flow).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʊˈneːstrʊ//dʊˈnʲeːstrʊ//ˈdnʲeːstr/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /dʊˈneːstrʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /dʊˈnʲeːstrʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈdnʲeːstr/

  • Hyphenation: Дъ‧нѣ‧стръ

Proper noun

Дънѣстръ (Dŭněstrŭm

  1. # A river in Eastern Europe, flowing through Ukraine and Moldova to the Black Sea.

Declension

Descendants

  • Russian: Днестр (Dnestr)