Editing Pregolya (section)

==Name==
A possible ancient name by [[Ptolemy]] of the Pregolya River is Chronos (from Germanic *''hrauna'', "stony"){{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}, although other theories identify Chronos as a much larger river, the [[Nemunas]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}

The oldest recorded names of the river are ''Prigora'' (1302), ''Pregor'' (1359), ''Pregoll, Pregel'' (1331), ''Pregill'' (1460). Georg Gerullis connected the name with Lithuanian ''prãgaras'', ''pragorė̃'' ("abyss") and the Lithuanian verb ''gérti'' ("drink"). Vytautas Mažiulis instead derived it from ''spragė́ti'' or ''sprógti'' ("burst") and the suffix -''ara'' ("river").<ref>{{Cite web| title=An attempt at an etymological analysis of Ptolemy´s hydronyms of eastern Balticum | url=http://journals.lki.lt/actalinguisticalithuanica/article/download/856/947/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241121012728/https://journals.lki.lt/actalinguisticalithuanica/article/download/856/947 | archive-date=2024-11-21}}</ref>