Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Aach (variants Ache; Aa) is a widespread Upper German hydronym, from an Old High German aha (Proto-Germanic *ahwō) "running water" (ultimately from PIE *hakʷā- "(moving) water")The word has also been reduced to a frequent sufix -ach in Alemannic and Austro-Bavarian toponymy.The word is cognate with Old English ǣ, Old Saxon aha, Old Norse á, Gothic aƕa, all meaning "river; running water".Related is the German Aue (variant Au) with a meaning "river island, wetland, floodplain, riparian woodland", i.e. "@en }
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- Aach_(toponymy) comment "Aach (variants Ache; Aa) is a widespread Upper German hydronym, from an Old High German aha (Proto-Germanic *ahwō) "running water" (ultimately from PIE *hakʷā- "(moving) water")The word has also been reduced to a frequent sufix -ach in Alemannic and Austro-Bavarian toponymy.The word is cognate with Old English ǣ, Old Saxon aha, Old Norse á, Gothic aƕa, all meaning "river; running water".Related is the German Aue (variant Au) with a meaning "river island, wetland, floodplain, riparian woodland", i.e. ".