Y Fflamiadur<p>Here is a Welsh weekend wonder.....</p><p>What connects the second longest river in Europe and Cymraeg?</p><p>The <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Danube" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Danube</span></a> flowes for 2,850 km. The river's name derives from Middle French Danube....</p><p>...which in turn comes from Old French Danube....</p><p>....which in turn comes from Latin Dānubius....</p><p>.... and ultimately from Proto-Celtic *Dānowyos.</p><p>Today the modern Welsh for the Danube is Donaw or Donwy.</p><p>Pretty cool, eh? <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/danube" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>danube</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rivers</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/donaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>donaw</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/donwy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>donwy</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/afon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>afon</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/cymraeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cymraeg</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/welsh" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>welsh</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/dysgu" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dysgu</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/learn" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>learn</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/iaith" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>iaith</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/langauge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>langauge</span></a></p>