--- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:
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> From: tgpedersen@...
> To: cybalist@...
> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 1:07 PM
> Subject: [tied] Re: Language - Area - Routes
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> I'll leave your Norse etymologies for later (I'd like to check a
few details first), but I won't let you get away with this one.
Danzig is a German adaptation of Slavic *gUdan-Isk- (Polish Gdan'sk,
first mentioned in AD 997 as "urb[s] Gyddanyzc"). The element *gUd-
is also visible in the name of the neighbouring city of Gdynia (*gUd-
yn-ja); there are other Slavic and Baltic names containing *gUd-
(Sergei and I discussed them on Cybalist some time ago). The meaning
of the element is disputable (it may be ultimately of Germanic
origin), but the analysis of similar names shows at least that the
correct division of *gUdan- is *gUd-an-. Gdan'sk has been
romantically equated with "Gothiskandza", as if it had been a Gothic
capital. But there is no indication that Gdan'sk existed as a
settlement before the 9th century, let alone in Gothic times.
Besides, *gUd- doesn't quite match Germanic *gut-. No plausible
connection with *dan- can be established.
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> Piotr
Talking of earlier analyses of "Gothiskandza", I've seen one not
mentioned on this list, namely *Gotisk-skandza with haplology
(haplogy?). Another one: any connection with the "Sinus Codanus"?
Torsten