Possibly origins of "fertka"

[Edward M Dumanis]

Also, Cf. Russian "fortochka" (for windows).

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>

On Tue, 17 Feb 2009, Jan Zielinski wrote:

> Wilkinson, C pisze:
>> A colleague of mine who has recently returned from fieldwork in
>> Bukovyna is trying to find out the etymology of the word "fertka",
>> which is used locally to refer to a gate/small gate.
>
> Cf. Polish "furtka" (the same meaning), German Pforte (gate).
>
> Jan
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