Re: [tied] Re: Etymology of "Warsaw"

From: alex
Message: 33996
Date: 2004-09-04

george knysh wrote:
>> Warsaw isn't more
>> rainy
>>> than the rest of the country.
>
> ****GK: Apart from the fact that it is unclear what
> would have been considered the "country" when the
> place was first named, one thinks of the many locales
> called "Komarno" even if not necessarily more infested
> by mosquitoes than other such...*****


that is interesting George. Komarno? There is a similar city in Rom. this is
"Comarnic". what should mean "komarna" in Slavic/Polish?

Alex