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

--- tolgs001 <george_st@...> wrote:

> >Even for me looks more plausible PIE *wer-s 'rain,
> flood' (cf. Alb.
> ><v�rshoj> 'to ovrflood'), I guess we can't deny the
> long
> >brotherhood between Slavs and Avars, so the name
> could easy
> >be of Avar origin <varosh> 'subburb of the castle',
> attested
> >in many place names (cf. also Vrshac in Banat).
> >
> >Konushevci
>
> cf. Hungarian v�ros ['va:roS] "city" < v�r [va:r]
> "fortress,
> castle" (< PIE *wer ?) & Romanian ora$ [o-'raS]
> "city".
>
> George

*****GK: Is there anything in the archaeology of
Warsaw to indicate that it might have been a fortress
in Avar times (say up to the end of the 8th c. when
Avar power collapsed)? If not the above speculation is
rather idle.****






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