ered- (*ere-danos)

    ered- (*ere-danos)

    English meaning: to flow; dampness

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “(zer)fließen, Feuchtigkeit”

    Material: O.Ind. árdati, r̥dáti “ flows (in compounds), sprays, resolves; disturbs”, ardáyati “ makes flow, dissolves, presses, torments, kills “, ürdrá - “humid, wet, damp”, r̥dū- (in compounds) “ dampness “, Av. arǝdvī- f. name of a mythical river, worshiped mostly as a female divinity. from in addition Gk. ἄρδᾰ ‘smut, dirt “, ἄρδαλος “dirty, filthy”? Perhaps here the frequent Celto-ligur. FlN Rodanos (Fr. Rhône = Ger. der Rotten, Ital. Rodano etc.) as “the flowing” (gräzis. ᾽Ηρίδανος from iberisiert. *Errodanos), in addition Rednitz (Bavaria) from *Rodantia. maybe Illyr. GN Redon ‘sea god”.

    References: WP. I 148, Pokorny Mil. Boisacq II 193 ff.