The Pre-Greek toponyms river name Ἀχέρων
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| IPA | ǎkʰe.rɔːn |
| Meaning | river name, hydronym |
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Name of several rivers, including the river of the underworld. Several attempts have been made to connect it to Balto-Slavic (see Derksen, 2008) but the reconstruction cannot explain the initial Ἀ- in the Greek word. It is most probably a pre-Greek hydronym. |
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Other words that might be of interest |
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| Ερύμανθος ‘place name, river name, mountain name’, Βένκασος ‘river name’, Ιλισσός ‘river name’, Ιμβρασσός ‘river name’, Κηφισσός ‘river name’, Λάρισος ‘river name’, Πάμισος ‘river name’, Πανισός ‘river name’, Περμησσός ‘river name’, Τιταρήσιος ‘river name’, Αίγινα ‘island name’, Αισών ‘river name’, Βέλβινα ‘island name, place name’, Θήρην ‘river name’, Λέρνα ‘hydronym, place name’, Σαλαμίς ‘island name, place name’, Σαλμώνη ‘hydronym, place name’, Τήνος ‘island name’, Σέδαμνος ‘river name’, Σέλαμνος ‘river name’, Σέλεμνος ‘river name’, Κασταλία ‘hydronym’, Κίμωλος ‘island name’, Σκανδίλη ‘island name’, Αροάνιος ‘river name, hydronym’, Ἀμφίλυσος ‘river name’, Ικαρία ‘island name’, Κύθηρα ‘island name’, Κύθηρος ‘river name, hydronym’, Ἀταβυρία ‘island name’, Αραχθός ‘river name’, Στυμφαλία ‘hydronym’, Σίφνος ‘island name’, Κάλυμνος ‘island name’, Κόσυνθος ‘river name’, Σεληνάρι ‘name of a gorge, name of a spring, hydronym’ | |