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Neiße
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German
Alternative forms
de Neisse
Etymology
From a form of de pl Nysa, de cs Nisa, first documented in 981, in its turn maybe from Old High German, ultimately de 1. Most often assumed to be derived from de ine-pro *neyd- with a s-initial suffix,Blažek, Václav (2010), “Etymological analysis of toponyms from Ptolemy’s Description of Central Europe”. in: Brozović Rončević, D, Fomin, M & Matasović, R (eds) 2010, Celts and Slavs in Central and Southeastern Europe. Proceedings of the Third International Colloquium of Societas Celto-Slavica, held between 18-20 September 2008 in Dubrovnik (Croatia). Studia Celto-Slavica III. Institut za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje. →ISBN compare sa नेद् to go, flow. Alternatively derived from de ine-pro *(s)neh₂-, compare cel-pro *nāwā (→ “trough”, “valley”), iir-pro *naHwíyas (→ “canal”, “navigable river”).Udolph, Jürgen (1990). Die Stellung der Gewässernamen Polens innerhalb der alteuropäischen Hydronymie. Heidelberg : Winter. In either case sometimes assumed to be from a pre-Germanic and pre-Slavic, Indo-European substrate.
Pronunciation
de /ˈnaɪ̯sə/
de De-Neiße.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de aɪ̯sə 2
Proper noun
f.article
de river Neisse
de river Nysa
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