Place names

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York and subsequently, New York

  • eburos = yew tree
  • -akon = the place of
  • Celtic era : Eburākon
  • Roman era: Eboracum
  • Anglo-Saxon era: Eoforwic
  • Danish era: Jórvík
  • Middle ages: Everwic, Yerk, Yourke 
  • Likely meaning: The city was founded at a place of many yew trees. 

London

  • plowonida = a fast flowing river
  • Celtic era: Londinion
  • Roman era: Londinium



 

Berlin

  • Berl- (Slavic origin) : swamp







Bergen

  • bjarg = cliff
  • vin = pasture, meadow
  • Bjǫrgvin 
  • Likely meaning: The city was founded in a meadow on a cliff.



Prague (Praha)

  • Práh = ford, rapid
  • Likely meaning: The city was founded at a crossing point of the Vltava river).

 


Moscow (Москва, Moskva)

  • Named after the River Moskva 
  • *mŭzg- = wet
  • Likely meaning: The city was founded on wetlands along the Moskva river.







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