Dniester

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Dniester basin

Etymology

From Russian Днестр (Dnestr), Ukrainian Дністер (Dnister), pre-reform orthography Днѣстръ (Dněstr), ultimately (compare Byzantine Greek Δάναστρις (Dánastris) and Late Latin Danaster) from Proto-Sarmatian *dānu *nazdya "the close river" (the Dnieper being the far one). The first element is from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu- (“river”), found in several other river names such as Danube and Донец (Donec); more at Danube.

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Dniester

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

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References

  • Mallory, J.P; Mair, Victor H. (2000). The Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 106.
  • Abajev, V. I. (1949) Осетинский язык и фольклор I ‎ (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 236

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