Donua

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *Dānowyos (compare Welsh river name Donwy), an extended form of the river-name *Dānu, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu (“river goddess”), akin to *dʰenh₂- (“to set in motion; to flow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdo.nu.ɑ/

Proper noun

Donua f

(indeclinable) Danube

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Donua”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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