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Eau en · PROPN

Etymology

From Old English ēa (“running water, water, stream, river”), from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”). Cognate with North Frisian ia (“river”), Saterland Frisian Äi (“river”), West Frisian ie (“water, stream”), Dutch aa (“water, stream”), German Ache (“water, stream, river, flood”), Swedish å (“stream, creek”), Icelandic á (“stream, river”), Latin aqua (“water”). Doublet of aqua and yeo. Related to, but not derived from, French eau ("water").

Meanings

  1. Any of several rivers in Lincolnshire.

Deriveds

Risegate Eau · Long Eau · Kyme Eau · Barlings Eau · Great Eau · Bourne Eau

Relateds

List of waterways in Lincolnshire · eau · yeo · Aa · ea