Editing Neris (section)

===Etymology of "Neris"===
The name ''Neris'' is of [[Baltic languages|Baltic]] origin, a [[cognate]] of the Lithuanian ''nerti'' generally meaning "to dive, swim downstream" as well as "to net, [[crochet]]". It is likely that the name had a more general meaning of "flow"<ref name=ZZ>{{cite book | last = Zinkevičius | first = Zigmas | author-link = Zigmas Zinkevičius | title = Senosios Lietuvos valstybės vardynas | publisher = [[Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas]] | year = 2007 | location = Vilnius | pages = 45 | isbn = 978-5-420-01606-0 }}</ref> or particularly "swift and swirling flow"<ref>V. Mažiulis, Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas, L-P, V., 1996, t. 3, p. 178-179</ref> in early times.

Etymologically, the name is one of a class of [[hydronym]]s, widespread in the modern and prehistoric Baltic ranges; e.g., Lithuanian Narotis, Narasa (rivers), [[Lake Narach|Narutis]] (lake), Old Prussian [[Narew|Narus]], [[Nara (Oka)|Nara]] near [[Moscow]]. These are related to Lithuanian ''narus'', "deep", and ''nerti'', "to dive".

More remote connections are obscure, although the root is believed to be [[Proto-Indo-European language|Indo-European]]. There are a number of possibilities:

*[[Julius Pokorny|Pokorny]]'s 2nd ''*ner-'', "under" (''[[Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch]]'', pp765–766);
*Derksen's *{{lang|mis|nerH-}}, o-grade *{{lang|mis|norH-}} (''Slavic Inherited Lexicon'');
*A relation to the [[List of Greek deities|Greek god]] [[Nereus]], which may be from *''snau-'', "to give milk to", in the sense of "flow" (Partridge, ''Origins'' (1983)).
* Another relationship of "Neris" with the Sanskrit word "Neer"/"Naar" which means water.{{citation needed|date=October 2014}}