Note 83 — SECTION II. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF ICELAND.

Á (fem.) at the end of a word means a water, as Temsá = Thames River: so the German Don-au is the Iceland Dóná, the Danube. The root may be traced through the Sanskrit Ap, the Persian , and the Latin Aqua to almost all families of European speech. Uncomposed, the Icelandic “Vatn” means water or lake.