Re: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Etymology of "Warsaw"

> Brian M. Scott wrote:
> >
> > This is the same name as in <princeps Wartizlauus> 1153 (of
> > Pomerania), <domino Wartizlauo castellano de Stetin> 1178,
> > <Obiit Wartizlaus filius Suantobori> 1196, <Wartyzlaus dei
> > gracia dux Slavorum et Kassubie> 1311, etc.?
> >
> > Brian
>
>
> does this name has something to do with the Slovakian "bratislava" or this
> is derived direct from "brat-"?
>
> Alex

I found an interesting piece of information at
http://www.dunainfo.sk/dunajskastreda/sk/priroda.htm (written in Slovak). At
the beginning of Xth century - in 907 AD - the city was called
Brezalauspurg, and as decades and centuries passed by, its name stabilized
as "Pressburg", however some people thing the word is of Hungarian or even
Turkic origin (but I do not know what these assumptions are based on).

Petusek