HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
(German) Wahrschau, from Dutch verb Waarschuwen (to Warn)
Or from Dutch 'waarschuwing' (E. warning)
Or from Mittelniederdeutsch 'warschuwinge'
is it a complete coincidence that (German) Wahrschau also means Warsaw?
It isn't a coincidence at all.
The capital of Poland is Warschau, (in German) not Wahrschau,
Jan
nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) posted:
HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
(German) Wahrschau, from Dutch verb Waarschuwen (to Warn)
Or from Dutch 'waarschuwing' (E. warning)
Or from Mittelniederdeutsch 'warschuwinge'
is it a complete coincidence that (German) Wahrschau also means Warsaw?
It isn't a coincidence at all.
The capital of Poland is Warschau, (in German) not Wahrschau,
Jan
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