Nehrung

Etymology
From East Prussian, related with the adjective , whence 🇨🇬. If is an early contraction, the word may have been derived with the Germanic suffix  commonly used in placenames (compare ). If, however, the form (16th c.) is a later alteration of, it could be an old ablaut form or derived with the Germanic suffix  (then orginally meaning “narrowness”).

Noun

 * 1)  spit long, very narrow peninsula, especially in the Baltic Sea