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The name ''Besokan'' is of [[Olgish language|Olgish]] origin, most likely related to ''Besok'', an ethnonym for to the inhabitants of the Besokan Valley and possibly the lands to its west (largely [[Soskish peoples|Soskish]] and [[Reknayans (ethnicity)|Reknayan]] populations). The term means ‘gift people’ or ‘fee people’, referring either to valuable gifts brought to Belkdondíl by Soskish merchants or to their function as merceraries, notably as hired cavalrists, in the [[Olgish peoples|Olgish]] kingdoms. The ending ''-an'' is a commonly found Olgish nominalizer, or could be a related to the root ''*an-'' ‘to proceed, progress’, referring either to the river itself or demarking the area the Besok came from. The term is found denoting the border, or possibly a country, between Belkondíl and (Old) Seligon in the [[Lonsorigi|earlier Olgish writings]] (c. 700 B.E.B.) and by the end [[Olgish Expansion]] had been established as the general name for the river. | The name ''Besokan'' is of [[Olgish language|Olgish]] origin, most likely related to ''Besok'', an ethnonym for to the inhabitants of the Besokan Valley and possibly the lands to its west (largely [[Soskish peoples|Soskish]] and [[Reknayans (ethnicity)|Reknayan]] populations). The term means ‘gift people’ or ‘fee people’, referring either to valuable gifts brought to Belkdondíl by Soskish merchants or to their function as merceraries, notably as hired cavalrists, in the [[Olgish peoples|Olgish]] kingdoms. The ending ''-an'' is a commonly found Olgish nominalizer, or could be a related to the root ''*an-'' ‘to proceed, progress’, referring either to the river itself or demarking the area the Besok came from. The term is found denoting the border, or possibly a country, between Belkondíl and (Old) Seligon in the [[Lonsorigi|earlier Olgish writings]] (c. 700 B.E.B.) and by the end [[Olgish Expansion]] had been established as the general name for the river. | ||
The [[Old Besokian World Map]] lists it as '''Kô-Nôwis''', from a possible [[Proto-Besokian language|Proto-Besokian]] '''*Kô- | The [[Old Besokian World Map]] lists it as '''Kô-Nôwis''', from a possible [[Proto-Besokian language|Proto-Besokian]] '''*Kô-Nôwiseten''' ‘Great Mother’ (hence [[Soskish languages|Soskish]] '''Kônovec'''), thought to refer to the river’ significance to early [[Besokian peoples|Besokian culture]]. The [[Besokian languages]] were in turn named after the Besokan. | ||
==Course and Hydrology== | ==Course and Hydrology== | ||
[[File:Loire in Amboise.jpg|thumb|The Besokan is shallow for most of its upper course, passing fields of sand and gravel, comparable to the Loire in central France.]] | [[File:Loire in Amboise.jpg|thumb|The Besokan is shallow for most of its upper course, passing fields of sand and gravel, comparable to the Loire in central France.]] | ||