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Likely, from a প্রত্ন-Semitic root denoting “to descend”, “to go or come down”, “to stream down”, “to come down to water”, “a place descending to water”, “a watering place”; cognates found আরবি وَرَدَ‎ (warada, “to go down or come upon water”), হিব্রু יָרַד‎ (yāráḏ, “to go down”), Aramaic ירד‎ (yreḏ, “stream”), and Ge'ez ወረደ (wärädä, “fall down, go down, drain off, pour down”), and Akkadian 𒉿𒊏𒁺𒌝 (warādum, “to go down to lower ground, to come ashore, to go downhill or downstream”).
Dubiously, Ludwig Köhler has affirmed as a final interpretation a compound from প্রত্ন-ইরানীয় *yáHr̥ (“year”), from প্রত্ন-ইন্দো-ইরানীয় *yáHr̥, from প্রত্ন-ইন্দো-ইউরোপীয় *yeh₁- (“year”) (compare আবেস্তান 𐬫𐬁𐬭𐬆‎ (yār^ə, “year”)) and প্রত্ন-ইরানীয় *dānu (“river”) (< প্রত্ন-ইন্দো-ইরানীয় *dáHnu < প্রত্ন-ইন্দো-ইউরোপীয় *déh₂nu) (compare Ossetian дон (don, “river”), আবেস্তান 𐬛𐬁𐬥𐬎‎ (dānu, “river”)), according to which the Jordan is the “year-river” because of its water level being consistent the whole year, backing this derivation by the theory that the name of the Orontes is of “certain” Iranian origin, although also found attested earlier. This is however unlikely, as the name “Yārdon” is found attested at the period of Ramesses II in the Papyrus Anastasi I, making the Semitic origin much more probable.