Viešnautas

Viešnautas
Map
Location
CountryLithuania
RegionKėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSerbentynė Forest
MouthLiaudė in Trakupiai
 • coordinates
55°29′40″N 23°57′47″E / 55.49444°N 23.96306°E / 55.49444; 23.96306
Lengthc. 11 kilometres (6.8 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionLiaudė→ Nevėžis→ Neman→ Baltic Sea

The Viešnautas (or Trakupis) is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It is a tributary of the Liaudė, which flows into the Nevėžis, a tributary of the Neman.[1]

It originates in the Serbentynė Forest, 3 km from Miegėnai village. It runs to the South East and East, on the western edge of the Sosiai forest. It passes through the villages Pamiškės, Antanava, Alksnupiai, Trakupiai.

The name Viešnautas possibly derives from the root *vieš- (original meaning 'to run, to flow') which may be connected to Sanskrit: veśanta ('pond'), Sanskrit: viṣa ('water, juice'), Sanskrit: viṣ-/veṣati ('to flow'), Latin: vīrus ('viscous, juicy'), Icelandic: veisa ('a swamp'). The name Trakupis means 'glade river' (from Lithuanian trakas 'a glade, cutting, undergrowth').[2]

References

  1. ^ "LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS UPIŲ IR TVENKINIŲ KLASIFIKATORIUS (Republic of Lithuania- River and Pond Classifications)" (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Ministry of Environment (Lithuania). Retrieved 2011-11-03.
  2. ^ Vanagas, Aleksandras (1981). Lietuvių hidronimų etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslas.


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