Gdańsk

• Gdansk

Borrowed from Polish Gdańsk. Doublet of Danzig.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈdænsk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈdænsk/, /ɡəˈdɑːnsk/

Gdańsk

2. The capital city of Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.

   Synonym: Danzig

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").^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡdaɲsk/

• Audio 1:

  (file)

• Audio 2:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɲsk
• Syllabification: Gdańsk

Gdańsk m inan (related adjective gdański, demonym gdańszczanin, female demonym gdańszczanka)

1. Gdańsk (the capital city of Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)

   Hypernym: Trójmiasto

• → Czech: Gdaňsk
• → English: Gdańsk
• → Latin: Gedānum
• → Russian: Гданьск (Gdanʹsk)
  • → Belarusian: Гданьск (Hdanʹsk)
  • → Ukrainian: Гданськ (Hdansʹk)
• → Ukrainian: Ґданськ (Gdansʹk)

• Gdańsk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Gdańsk in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Gdańsk in PWN's encyclopedia