Within the onomastic classification, main types of hydronyms are (in alphabetical order):
• helonyms: proper names … See more

Often a given body of water will have several entirely different names given to it by different peoples living along its shores. For example, Tibetan: རྫ་ཆུ, Wylie: rDza chu, ZYPY: Za qu and Thai: แม่น้ำโขง [mɛ̂ː náːm kʰǒːŋ] are … See more

Compared to most other toponyms, hydronyms are very conservative linguistically, and people who move to an area often retain the existing name of a body of water rather than rename it in their own langua… See more

• Old European hydronymy
• Rigvedic rivers
• List of river name etymologies See more

• Beekes, Robert S. P. "River". Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture. pp. 486–487.
• Mencken, H. L. (1921). "3. Geographical Names". The American language: An inquiry into the development of English in the United … See more