Talk:Gorzów Wielkopolski

Meaning of the Gorzów element
Judging from the etymology, it looks like is equivalent to the German, but it doesn't look like a ; but is it one? What does that element of the names and  mean? And does the word ever occur alone, or only in phrases like these two? Tweenk? — I.S.M.E.T.A. 20:01, 4 April 2015 (UTC)


 * It's not a calque. Gorzów Śląski has both a Polish and a German name which are independent of each other. It was a town at an ethnic boundary and the Slavic and Germanic peoples had separate names for it. Gorzów is derived either from or from  - I'll add these words soon. --Tweenk (talk) 21:07, 4 April 2015 (UTC)


 * What you've written in the etymology section for makes the situation crystal clear. Thank you very much for all your work. — I.S.M.E.T.A. 23:02, 4 April 2015 (UTC)