The Magyar Origin Of The Western European

River Names

“Sió is the name of a rivulet in Hungary which empties lake Balaton’s waters; the name itself is an ancient form, meaning “river” (folyó). In Italian we find the word scia which means the foaming, white track left by ships on the water. It is clear that the word “sí” (pron. shee) is also connected with the words siklik, sima and siet (to glide, smooth and hurry) and the Italian scivola, which means to glide. [...]

This holds also true in the reciprocal form of “sí” which is” isz” (pron. is); the verb “iszkol” (pron. iskol) means the act of hurrying (sietés) and in dialects the word “iszánkol”means also gliding. Undoubtedly the Hungarian werb for drinking (iszik, pron. isik) was derived from the basic sounds of isz. This verb’s infinitive today is inni, which form already lost the “s” sound; its original form was iszni (pron. isni).

It is very conspicuous that so many river names contain the isz sound:

Iser a river in Czechoslovakia
Isere a tributary of the river Rhone
Isar a tributary of the river Duna
Isle a river in France
Iszli a river in Marokko
Isel a river in Prussia
Yssel several rivers, rivulets in the Netherlands
Ischl at the lake St. Wolfgang in Austria
Isel a river in Tirol
Isz a tributary of the river Káma in Russia
Iza a tributary of the river Tisza in Hungary
Iszma a river on the land of the Zürjens in Russia
Isztmenosz a river in Greece
Izim or Izel, a tributary of the river Irtis in Asia
Iszker a tributary of the river Duna in Bulgaria
Isonzo a river in Italy
Iszter or Istros, the old names of the Duna (Danube)
Isenbach a river in Austria
Isena the old name of today’s Eis in Austria.

The “I” sound in the Magyar language expressed coldness. Its use in connection with waters is correct since the water, by its very nature is one of the coldest materials on earth.



It is well known in the fields of ethnography and linguistics that the names of the rivers prove very long lived and steady in a given region; therefore the above river names are one proof of many that Eurasia’s and North Africa’s ancient population were the Magyar peoples.” (V.5:215-216)


The Magyar word for liquid is nedü (ND), its reciprocal (DN) gives the following river names (V.5:94):

Duna a river in Hungary (Danube)
Don a river in England
Don a river in Russia

Temes a river in Erdély (Transylvania)
Thames a river in England
Tamar a river in England
Tana river in East Africa
Tanais old name of the Volga
Szamos a river in Erdély (Transylvania)

The range of these river names covers the territories which were inhabited by the Magyar peoples.