Δούναβης

Either from South Slavic (cf. Old Church Slavonic Дунавъ (Dunavŭ), Дꙋнавъ (Dunavŭ), Macedonian Дунав (Dunav), Serbo-Croatian Dunav, all from Proto-Slavic *Dunavь) or from Byzantine Greek Δούναβις (Doúnabis), either way from Gothic *𐌳𐍉𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹 (*dōnawi), from Proto-Germanic *Dōnawjaz, from Proto-Celtic *Dānowyos (whence also Latin Danubius), an extended form of the river-name *Dānu, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu (“river goddess”), akin to *dʰenh₂- (“to set in motion; to flow”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈðunavis/
• Hyphenation: Δού‧να‧βης

Δούναβης • (Doúnavis) m

1. Danube (a major river in Europe)

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