Re: Etymology of "Warsaw"

From: george knysh
Message: 34059
Date: 2004-09-07

If Warsaw is from Warsz (as "Warsh's" --- Warsz-ova,
Warsz-ava) I have a question. Are there any linguistic
rules for the form in which such place names emerge?
Why Warsz-ova (-eva -ava) rather than Warsz-ov (-ev),
as in the case of Cracow and other such?



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