Gdańsk (the capital city of Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
köken: Cp. Danzke (at least 15th century), Dantzke (at least 16th century). Ultimately of Slavic origin. Cognate to Polish Gdańsk. For the -zig suffix, compare Leipzig (< Lipsk).
Nombre que tenía la ciudad polaca de Gdansk cuando formaba parte de Prusia y del Imperio Alemán, y antes, en la época medieval bajo dominio de la Orden Teutónica. Sigue siendo su nombre en idioma alemán.
Gdańsk (the capital city of Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
köken: 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…