Lietauka
Lietauka the village Perelozai
The Lietava, Lietauka or Letauka is a stream in Upninkai in Rajongemeinde Jonava in Lithuania. It is 11 km long and flows into the Neris river 30 km away from Kernavė, the first known capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It flows through a marshy area.
Name
Most linguists believe that the stream name with the name of Lithuania ( Lithuanian: Lietuva ) is related to and perhaps derived from it ( from the Lithuanian verb lieti the root from the Proto-Indo- European * leyǝ ).
Since many names are derived in the Indo-European languages from Hydronymen, the scientists searched for and waters that are related to the name of Lithuania. Kazys Kuzavinis Lietauka Lietauka identified as possible candidates and popularized the hypothesis. The original name of Lietauka may be associated with rainfall, appointed by displaced from the Russian Empire, Old Believers, who lived on the banks of the river. Litavka was converted by local Lithuanians phonetically to the Lithuanian Lietauka.
Tributaries
- Lietaukėlė ( Lietavėlė ), 4.5 km
- Baltasis ravas, 1.4 km long