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Riß.

Riss (a small right tributary of the Danube in Baden-Württemberg, in southwestern Germany)

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  1. Riss (a small right tributary of the Danube in Baden-Württemberg, in southwestern Germany)

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Along with the river Reuss, Greule (1982) interprets the name as an Old European hydronym/pre-Indo-European substrate.

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