@Servais to YUROP@lemm.ee • 10 months agoGerman place name endingsimagemessage-square13arrow-up1151file-text
arrow-up1151imageGerman place name endings@Servais to YUROP@lemm.ee • 10 months agomessage-square13file-text
minus-square@AllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilink2•10 months agoIs -au originally Germanic or Slavic (as in German/Polish cognates such as Krakau/Krakow)?
minus-square@5714@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish8•10 months agoThe German -au Wikipedia article (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/-au) says it is of Germanic origin. It’s meaning apparently is either wet meadow, running waters or holm.
Is -au originally Germanic or Slavic (as in German/Polish cognates such as Krakau/Krakow)?
The German -au Wikipedia article (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/-au) says it is of Germanic origin. It’s meaning apparently is either wet meadow, running waters or holm.