The oldest known version of the name (13th
c.) is Thorun (occasional variants: Thuron, Thrun = Latinised Thorunium in
Orbis Latinus -- it is there!). It was at that time that the Teutonic Knights
built a castle and established a town that replaced an already
existing Slavic village. Unfortunately, we don't know what the village had been
called previously, hence the long-standing (and once politically charged)
dispute about the origin of the name. I think a German origin is more likely
after all, given the general place-naming tendencies of the Knights,
who did not normally retain or adapt local Slavic or Baltic names, but
in that case it dates back only to ca. 1231. Some say it was given after one of
the Order's forts in the Holy Land, but I haven't been able to verify
that.
Piotr
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Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 8:55 AM
Subject: [tied] Torun´
What is the etymology of name of the Polish city
of Torun´ (German
Thurn?)? It's not on the Orbis Latinus list
Torsten
the vain
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