2. _With the ending er._ _France._ The TARDOIRE. Dep. Charente.
_Aust. Italy._ The TARTARO.
3. _With the ending es._ _Spain._ TARTESSUS ant., now the Guadalquiver.
With the Sansc. _till_, to move, to agitate, we may probably connect the Gael. _dile_ and _tuil_, Welsh _diluw_, _dylif_, _dylwch_, a flood, deluge, as also Ang.-Sax. _dilgian_, German _tilgen_, to overthrow, destroy, &c. The Ang.-Sax. _delan_, Germ. _thielen_, to divide, in the sense of boundary, may however intermix in these names.
1. _England._ The TILL. Northumberland.
_Ireland._ The DEEL. Limerick.
_Germany._ The DILL. Na.s.sau.
_Belgium._ THILIA, 9th cent., now the DYLE in Bravant.
_Switzerland._ The THIELE.
2. _With the ending en._ _Germany._ The TOLLEN. Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
3. _With the ending er._ _Scotland._ The DILLAR burn. Lesmahagow.
4. _With the ending es._ _Germany._ The TILSE, by Tilsit.
With the two Welsh forms _dylif_ and _dylwch_, deluge, we may perhaps connect the following, though for the former the Ang.-Sax. _delfan_, to dig, _delf_, a ditch, may also be suitable.
_Germany._ DELV(UNDA), 9th century, now the DELVEN(AU).
DELCHANA, 11th century, now the DALCKE.
From the Gael. and Ir. _taosg_, to pour, _tias_, tide, flood, may be the following. Perhaps the special sense of cataract may come in, at least in some cases, as two of the under-noted rivers, the Tees and the Tosa, are noted for their falls.
1. _England._ The TEES. Durham.
_Switzerland._ The ToSS. Cant. Zurich.
_Piedmont._ The TOSA.
_Russia._ The TESCHA. Joins the Oka.
_Hungary._ TYSIA ant., now the THEISS.
_Greece._ TIASA ant. Laconia.
_India._ The TOUSE--here?
2. _With the ending en._ _Switzerland._ The TESSIN or TICINO.
_Germany._ The DESNA. Joins the Dnieper.
_France._ The TACON. Dep. Jura.
3. _With the ending el._ _Germany._ TUSSALE (_Genitive_), 11th cent., now the DUSSEL by Dusseldorf.
4. _With the ending st._[47]
_England._ The TEST. Hants.
_Germany._ The DISTA. Prussia.
_India._ The TEESTA--here?
From the Sansc. _gad_ or _gand_, Ang.-Sax. _geotan_, Suio-Goth. _gjuta_, Danish _gyde_, Old Norse _giosa_, Old High Ger. _giezen_, Obs. Gael.
_guis_, all having the meaning of Eng. "gush," we get the following. The Gotha or Gta of Sweden may probably derive its name from the well-known fall which it makes at Trolhaetta. So also the Gaddada of Hindostan is noted for its falls; and the Giessbach is of European celebrity. But in some of the other names the sense may not extend beyond that of wandering, as we find it in Eng. _gad_, which I take to be also from this root. Or that of stream, as in Old High Germ. _giozo_, Gael. and Ir. _gaisidh_, rivulus.
1. _England._ The GADE. Herts.
_Scotland._ GADA ant.,[48] now the JED by Jedburgh.
_Germany._ The GOSE. Joins the Ocker.
GEIS(AHA), 8th cent., now the GEISA.
The GANDE, Brunswick--here, or to _can_, _cand_, pure?
_Switzerland._ The GIESS(BACH). Lake of Brienz.
_Spain._ The GATA. Joins the Alagon.
_Sweden._ The GOTHA or GTA.
The GIDEA, enters the G. of Bothnia.
_Asia._ GYNDES (_Herodotus_), perhaps the Diala--here?
2. _With the ending en._ _Asia Minor._ CYDNUS ant., now the Tersoos Chai.
3. _With the ending er._ _Persia._ The GADER.
_Sardinia._ CaeDRIUS ant., now the Fiume dei Orosei.
4. _With the ending el._ _Germany._ GISIL(AHA), 8th cent., now the GIESEL--here?
5. _With the ending ed._ _India._ The GADDADA.
6. _Compounded with main, stream._ _Switzerland._ The GADMEN.
From the Sansc. _arb_ or _arv_, to ravage or destroy, cognate with Lat.
_orbo_, &c., may be the following. To the very marked characteristic of the Arve in Savoy I have referred at p. 6. But there is a word of precisely opposite meaning, the Celt. _arab_, Welsh _araf_, gentle, which is very liable to intermix.
1. _France._ The ARVE and the ERVE.
_Germany._ ORB(AHA), 11th cent., now the ORB.
_Sardinia._ The ARVE and the ORBE.
_Hungary._ The ARVA. Joins the Waag.
_Spain._ The ARVA, three rivers, tributaries to the Ebro.
2. _With the ending en._ _Scotland._ The IRVINE. Co. Ayr.
_France._ ARVENNA ant., now the ORVANNE.
3. _With the ending el._ _Germany._ ARBALO, 1st cent., now the ERPE.
4. _With the ending es._ _Asia Minor._ HARPASUS ant., now the HARPA.
In the Sansc. _cal_, to move, and the derivatives Sansc. _calas_, Gr.
?e???, Obs. Gael. _callaidh_, Latin _celer_, all having the same meaning--the sense of rapidity seems sufficiently marked to include them in this chapter.
1. _Scotland._ The GALA. Roxburgh.
_Sicily._ GELA ant.[49]
_Illyria._ The GAIL.
_Greece._ CALLAS ant., in Euba.
_As. Turkey._ The CHALUS of Xenophon, now the Koweik.
2. _With the ending en._ _Ireland._ The CALLAN. Armagh.
3. _With the ending er = Lat. celer?_ _Italy._ CALOR ant., now the CALORE.
4. _With the ending es = Sansc. calas, &c.?_ _Germany._ CHALUSUS, 2nd cent., supposed to be the Trave.