Дънѣстръ
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
Proper noun
Дънѣстръ (Dŭněstrŭ) m
- # A river in Eastern Europe, flowing through Ukraine and Moldova to the Black Sea.
Declension
Descendants
- Russian: Днестр (Dnestr)
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