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On 2025-11-16, HenHanna NewsGrouper <
user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
(German) Wahrschau, from Dutch verb Waarschuwen (to Warn)
I had to look this up. It's not a common word.
| 1. [Seemannssprache] Warnruf: Vorsicht!; Aufpassen!
| 2. [metonymisch, besonders Binnenschifffahrt] Lichtsignalanlage,
| die vor etw. warnt; Leitstelle, die mehrere Signalanlagen steuert
| 3. [metonymisch] das Wahrschauen
https://www.dwds.de/wb/Wahrschau
is it a complete coincidence that (German) Wahrschau also means Warsaw?
Pure coincidence. "Warschau"--note the spelling--is transparently
adapted from Polish "Warszawa", itself of uncertain origin.
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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber
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