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
- 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