NE Germanic

[Rick Mc Callister]

	In popular magazines [maybe National Geographic?, but publications
along this line], etc. I've seen various references that claim Gdansk comes
from a Germanic word for "Danish".

>"Steve Gustafson" <stevegus at aye.net> wrote:

[ moderator snip ]

>>My further understanding is that the name of -Gdansk- in Poland represents
>>*gudaniska, which looks Germanic, and suggests a Gothic connection on the
>>south shore of the Baltic.

>Or even better, *gUtaniskU (with g(U)t > gd).

>Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
>mcv at wxs.nl