Monschau (a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) · former name of Montjoie-en-Couserans
köken: * (Montjoie-en-Couserans): Borrowed from Occitan Montjòi. Montjoy attested on the Cassini map (1740s), Monjoie on the Carte d'état-major (1820-1866).
köken: From Old Norse varða, from Proto-Germanic *warþō, an extension of a stem-verb *warōną (“be on guard”). See also Old High German warta (“watch”), Old Saxon warda, Middle Dutch warde.