Gdańsk

== English == === Alternative forms === Gdansk === Etymology === Borrowed from Polish Gdańsk. Doublet of Danzig. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɡəˈdænsk/ (US) IPA(key): /ɡəˈdænsk/, /ɡəˈdɑːnsk/ === Proper noun === Gdańsk The capital city of Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. Synonym: Danzig ==== Translations ==== == Polish == === Etymology === Disputed. Per Vasmer, derived from Gothic *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*gutans, “Goths”). Eckblom rejects this, and many various etymologists suggest a native Proto-Slavic stem of *gъd- (“wet, damp”) and point to place names such as Gdynia and Gdecz (modern Giecz) as further reflexes of that stem. Others still suggest a Proto-Baltic stem of *gud-, with Baltic reflexes including Old Prussian gudde (“forest”), gudas (“Belarusian: person speaking a foreign language”) or Lithuanian gudkarklis (“damp pasture”), gudobelė (“hawthorn”). Many etymologists support the Proto-Baltic origin, with an original stem of *Gud- + *-an + *-isk ("place of the forest people"). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡdaɲsk/ Rhymes: -aɲsk Syllabification: Gdańsk === Proper noun === Gdańsk m inan (related adjective gdański, demonym gdańszczanin, female demonym gdańszczanka) Gdańsk (the capital city of Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland) Hypernym: Trójmiasto ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Czech: Gdaňsk → English: Gdańsk → Latin: Gedānum → Russian: Гданьск (Gdanʹsk) → Belarusian: Гданьск (Hdanʹsk) → Ukrainian: Гданськ (Hdansʹk) → Slovak: Gdansk → Ukrainian: Ґданськ (Gdansʹk) === References === === Further reading === Gdańsk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN Gdańsk in Polish dictionaries at PWN Gdańsk in PWN's encyclopedia