OCS, Polish, and other Modern Slavic languages

Brian M. Scott BMScott at stratos.net
Wed Apr 14 06:10:06 UTC 1999


Rick Mc Callister wrote:

>         So then, does Leipzig amount to something like "White River Town"
> with *la:b- > /laip/  with maybe the 2nd element related to English <wick>
> & German <weig>

Ernst Schwarz derives it from Sorbian <Lipsko> 'Lindenort' (Russ. and
Pol. <lipa> 'linden').

Brian M. Scott



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