Editing Vltava (section)

==Etymology==
Both the Czech name ''{{lang|cs|Vltava}}'' and the German name ''{{lang|de|Moldau}}'' are believed to originate from the [[Proto-Germanic|old Germanic]] words ''{{lang|gem-x-proto|wilt ahwa}}'' 'wild water' (compare [[Latin]] ''{{lang|la|aqua}}'').<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Šmilauer |first1=Vladimír |title=O jménech našich řek |trans-title=Names of our rivers |journal=Naše řeč |volume=30 |issue=9–10 |pages=161–165 |publisher=[[Institute of the Czech Language]] |year=1946 |url=http://nase-rec.ujc.cas.cz/archiv.php?art=3983 |issn=0027-8203 |language=cs}}</ref> In the ''{{lang|la|[[Annales Fuldenses]]}}'' (872 AD) it is called ''{{lang|la|Fuldaha}}''; from 1113 AD it is attested as ''{{lang|zlw|Wultha}}''. In the ''{{lang|la|[[Chronica Boemorum]]}}'' (1125&nbsp;AD) it is attested for the first time in its [[Czech language|Bohemian]] form, ''{{lang|cs|Wlitaua}}''.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Vltava River – Historical Communication Link in the Český Krumlov Region|url=http://www.ckrumlov.info/docs/en/region_histor_vltava.xml|website=Český Krumlov – UNESCO World Heritage|access-date=19 June 2015 |date=2023 |quote=The length of its flow to the mouth of the river to the Labe River near Mělnik is 430.2 km. Down to Český Krumlov it has a catchment area of 1,339 km2, the whole basin of the Vltava river is 28,090 km2.}}</ref>