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

--- alex <alxmoeller@...> wrote:

> 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

****GK: Probably the same as in Ukr. viz.,
"mosquito-ed". Perhaps something like "mosquitoville".
The simplest meaning would be an indication (in time
or place) of a noticeable (probably bothersome)
presence of mosquito(e)s. The name was used by Ukr.
and Pol. settlers in Canada also.****

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