Re: [tied] Etymology of "Warsaw"

ziedoros wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex" <alxmoeller@...> wrote:
>> It appears interesting that in Slovakian /Czechian part there is not
>> this "ovia" but "-ava" which is having the same form as the ancients
>> "-
> ava"
>> (Sava, Morava). The toponims in Rom. which ends in "-ov" are
> masculine
>> (R�s^nov, Bucov) but I cannot recall of any feminine in "-ova" by
> now.
>
> Maybe Craiova (< Kraljova)
>

Right!!! Craiova !! But this will make sense in Slavic maybe as "feminine"
since the word "crai" ( king ) has the feminine "cr�ias�" in Rom. Which is
the feminine of "kral" in Slavic?

Alex