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German place name endings (dormi.zone)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is -au originally Germanic or Slavic (as in German/Polish cognates such as Krakau/Krakow)?

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

The German -au Wikipedia article (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/-au) says it is of Germanic origin. It's meaning apparently is either wet meadow, running waters or holm.