Re: Etymology of "Warsaw"

>
> *****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.****
>
>

The geography, if memory serves, would corroborate PIE *wer-s- :
meadows on both(?) sides of a river.

Torsten