Re: [tied] Re: Kraków and other enigmas

In Polish <krakac'> is used of crows and ravens. That's a less romantic but possible explanation, assuming that a Slavic person called or nicknamed Krak (say, "harsh-voiced") was indeed the founder of Kraków. The only problem is that such a name is not much in evidence.

Piotr

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From: Sergejus Tarasovas

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Subject: [tied] Re: Kraków and other enigmas

--- In cybalist@......, "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@......> wrote: Kraków (also older feminine Cracco(uu)a = "Krakowa") looks like a possessive adjective, but the base *krak- is enigmatic. I'm not sure if this can be of any relevance here, but *krak-/*kra:k- is usually reconstructed as an onomatopoeia denoting some birds (like woodpecker, for instance) or the sounds they produce in Baltic and Slavic. Sergei

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