Etymology of Szczecin
The names "Szczecin" and "Stettin" as well as the names of town's neighbourhoods and oldest districts are of Slavic origins, however the exact words upon which it is based on is subject of ongoing research.[1]
Spelling variants in medieval sources include:
- Stetin,[2] recorded e.g. in 1133,[2] 1159,[2] 1177[2]
- Stetyn,[2] recorded e.g. in 1188,[2] 1243[2]
- Stetim, 1237[3]
- Szcecin, 1273.[3]
- Stetina,[2] by Herbord[2]
- Sthetynensibus or Sthetyn, 1287, in Anglicized medieval Latin.[3]
- Stetinum and Sedinum, still used in contemporary Latin language references
- Stitin, recorded e.g. in 1251,[2] in the Annales Ryensis,[2] in 1642[4]
- Stitinum, by Saxo Grammaticus[2]
- Stittinum
- Stytin,[2] in the Annales Colbacensis[2]
Other medieval names are:
These names, literally "brush burgh", most possibly are derived from the translation of the city's Slavic name.[5]
Maria Malec in Etymological dictionary of geographical names of Poland has counted 11 distinct theories regarding the origin of the name, that may be derived from
References
- ^ Tadeusz Białecki, "Historia Szczecina" Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, 1992 Wrocław. Pages 9,20-55, 92-95, 258-260, 300-306
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Gerard Labuda, Władysław Filipowiak, Helena Chłopocka, Maciej Czarnecki, Tadeusz Białecki, Zygmunt Silski, Dzieje Szczecina 1-4, Państwowe Wydawn. Nauk., 1994, p.14, ISBN 8301043423
- ^ a b c Wojciech Lizak, "Jak wywodzono nazwę Szczecina?", [1], last accessed 4/2/2011
- ^ Merians anmüthige Städte-Chronik, das ist historische und wahrhaffte Beschreibung und zugleich Künstliche Abcontrafeyung zwantzig vornehmbster und bekantester in unserm geliebten Vatterland gelegenen Stätte, 1642
- ^ a b c Stanisław Rospond, Slawische Namenkunde Ausg. 1, Nr. 3, C. Winter, 1989, p.162
- ^ Słownik etymologiczny nazw geograficznych Polski Profesor Maria Malec PWN 2003