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Lietava, Lietauka or Letauka is a rivulet in Lithuania that is believed to have given Lithuania its name.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Lithuania's name )〕 It is 11 km in length and flows into Neris 30 km away from Kernavė, a possible first capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It flows through a swampy region and no important archaeological findings have been discovered on its banks. As the river flows in the lowlands and easily spills over its banks, most linguists agree that Lithuania's name (Lietuva) is related and perhaps derived from Lithuanian verb ''lieti'' (to spil), of the root derived from the Proto-Indo-European *''leyǝ-''.〔( Indo-European Etymology )〕 Since many names in the Indo-European languages are derived from hydronyms, scientists had been looking for a body of water matching the name of Lithuania, ''Lietuva''. Kazys Kuzavinis identified Lietauka as a possible candidate and popularized the hypothesis.〔 The original name of Lietauka must have been ''Lietava'', which was Slavicised by Old Believers expelled from the Russian Empire and established on the banks of the river, as ''Litavka'', and phonetically reversed to Lithuanian as ''Lietauka'' by local Lithuanians. ==See also== * Name of Lithuania * Rivers of Lithuania 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lietauka」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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