About the name Poland

[Fredrik]

> I know these Gmc. roots:
> 
> *fala- "buyable, for sale"
> *fal-l- "fall, sink, flee"
> *falwa- "pale, yellow, dun, sickly"
> 
> But I understand the word Poland to come from *pole "field, flat
> land", thus Gmc. *fel†a- "field". The country name could be *Fil†jans
> "Field-men", but the Goths only knew *hai†i or *akrs in this sense,
> unless the tribal name had been passed down from early times.
>
I guess you've heard of Runeberg.org
According to that the fal- of Falköping means 'flat land' and 'köping' 
is a smaller town with trading. That is 'The trading town on the flat 
land'.






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