ab-

    ab-

    English meaning: water, river

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Wasser, Fluß”

    Note: From Root akʷü- (more properly ǝkʷü), ēkʷ- : “water, river” [through the shift -gʷ- > -b-, -kʷ- > -p- attested in Greek, Illyrian and Celtic languages] derived Root ab- : (water, river) and Root ü̆p-2 : “water, river”.

    Material: Lat. amnis f., late m. c (< abnis); O.Ir. ab (< aba) gen. abae “river”, besides abann, Welsh afon, orn. Bret. auon, Gaul. Brit. FlN Abona, derived Welsh afanc “ beaver, water demon, dwarf “, to M.Ir. abac (< abankos) “ beaver, dwarf “, Swiss-Fr. avañ “pasture” (< abanko-); Ltv. FlN Abava. The West German FlN in -apa, Ger.-affa, probably go back partly to usually lost WestGmc. ap-(IE < ab-), partly in Ven.-Illyr. ap- (IE ap-). Rom. apů “water”

    References: WP. I 46 f., WH. I 40, Feist 19a, 579a, GIPatSR. II 134.

    See also: compare also ü̆p-2 “water, river” and abō(n) “ape”.