Re: [tied] Re: Trakai

Roughly 1/2 of them are miss-spelled (some even  beyond
recognition). Some of them are true Slavic, Hungarian,
and Turkish-Persian names/words (e.g. Tirnava, Chiojd,
DuSman).
       Kailas,

   TIRNAVA I have associated with Lithuanian word TYRAS, which means PURE. Ending -ava is very popular in Baltic place names. CHIOJDENI was been added to the list, because it has Baltic and Romanian suffix and ending -eni, -enai, which is being used to indicate inhabitants. The root can be Lithuanian word CHIAUDETI, which means TO SNEEZE. So, place name CHIOJDENI can mean THE PLACE, INHABITANTS OF WHICH ARE SNEEZING. It is possible, that DUSMANI have come from Lithuanian word DUSTI, which means TO PANT, and Zhemaitian word MANI, which means ME.

   What about other 500 place names?

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