ירדן

Etymology

 * Likely, from a 🇨🇬 root denoting “to descend”, “to go or come down”, “to stream down”, “to come down to water”, “a place descending to water”, “a watering place”; cognates found 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬.
 * Dubiously, Ludwig Köhler has affirmed as a final interpretation a compound from, from , from (compare 🇨🇬) and  (<  < ) (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), according to which the Jordan is the “year-river” because of its water level being consistent the whole year, backing this derivation by the theory that the name of the Orontes is of “certain” Iranian origin, although also found attested earlier. This is however unlikely, as the name “Yārdon” is found attested at the period of Ramesses II in the , making the  origin much more probable.
 * Dubiously, Ludwig Köhler has affirmed as a final interpretation a compound from, from , from (compare 🇨🇬) and  (<  < ) (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), according to which the Jordan is the “year-river” because of its water level being consistent the whole year, backing this derivation by the theory that the name of the Orontes is of “certain” Iranian origin, although also found attested earlier. This is however unlikely, as the name “Yārdon” is found attested at the period of Ramesses II in the , making the  origin much more probable.

Etymology
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