Taurisci (Was:Re: Kossack's Conclusions)

> > Its Germanic equivalent when the Teutonic Knights built a castle
> > there, in the years 1230-31, would be 'dorn', AFAIK, so a
> > direct-translation solution is not possible.
> > Why is there only a Latin Thorunium, apparently based on the
> > Polish form, and no *Tarnovium, *Tarnium or Thornium, if the name
> > was given to the town by Germans? ?

> ****GK: Amen to THIS particular issue, as far as I'm
> concerned. I'm quite satisfied with Piotr's
> explanation. ****

How come the Germans called this Tarnow Thorn, when they called the
Tarnow Opolski and Tarnowskie Gory in Silesia Tarnau and Tarnowitz?
http://www.atsnotes.com/other/gerpol.html


Torsten