Project Gutenberg 2011-04-18 Public domain in the USA. 256 Ferguson, Robert 1898 The River-Names of Europe Produced by Steven Gibbs, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The River-Names of Europe" by Robert Ferguson is a historical and linguistic exploration written in the mid-19th century. The work delves into the origins and meanings of the names of rivers across Europe, emphasizing the linguistic roots and etymologies that trace back through various ancient languages, including Celtic and Sanskrit. Ferguson aims to categorize these river names based on their historical significance and geographical characteristics. The opening of the book establishes the author's intent and methodology, explaining how names given by early Asian immigrants to European rivers often retain their ancient forms due to the strong resistance to change inherent in their appellations. Ferguson outlines how names like the Danube and Rhine illustrate the multiplicity of names across cultures and the combination of linguistic elements from different languages, shedding light on the evolution of river names. He emphasizes the importance of philological research in uncovering the historical context and linguistic roots associated with these geographical features. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Names, Geographical -- Europe Rivers -- Europe D Text Browsing: History - European Browsing: Travel & Geography 485741 485750 2024-09-15T09:04:51.618674 2023-09-15T14:19:01.646392 text/html text/html 461861 2021-01-07T17:39:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 97973 2021-01-07T17:39:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 157881 2024-09-15T09:05:07.288122 application/epub+zip 162388 2024-09-15T09:04:54.264642 application/epub+zip 162388 2024-09-15T09:04:52.725640 application/epub+zip 413456 2024-09-15T09:05:13.505025 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 354480 2024-09-15T09:05:06.002143 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 354602 2022-09-16T12:19:04.435019 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 229623 2024-09-15T09:04:48.151667 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 229305 2021-01-07T17:39:20 text/plain; charset=utf-8 79165 2021-01-07T17:39:20 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 229203 2021-01-07T17:39:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 78798 2021-01-07T17:39:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 229291 2021-01-07T17:39:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 78577 2021-01-07T17:39:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21352 2024-09-15T09:05:13.900019 application/rdf+xml 14588 2024-09-15T09:04:53.216629 image/jpeg 4066 2024-09-15T09:04:52.966640 image/jpeg 151794 2024-09-15T09:04:51.646644 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia