Fw: [Cz-L] Translation of "Czernowitz"

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From: W.A.Terner=20
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Dear Czernowitzer,
The details mentioned in this discussion are very interesting.z
Hereby a small additional information mentioned by me some months ago:
On a old map by Sebastian Muenster, from 1628, with the title " =
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des Ungerlands, Polands/ Reussen/ Littaw/ Walachay und Bulgarey ",=20
Czernowitz is mentioned as " ZERWONE ".
Shana Tova, Gmar Tov, Chatima Tova.
Wolf

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From: HARDY BREIER
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 6:38 AM
To: Edgar Hauster ; IrisJune11_at_aol.com
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Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Translation of "Czernowitz"

Czernowitz the origin of the name :
I once encountered a different interpretation of a professor of =
languages
who elaborated like this :
   Czern in not from the obvious slav black but much earlier language
   meaning tree , log.
    Vitz was the old name of the Prut as called by the locals.
   And therefore Chern - na - Vitz means Logs on the Prut.
      To me it makes as much sense as Blackpool.
      The first settlement was the historic Czern on the left bank of =
the
Vitz.

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