[[Kraków‎]]

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Thanks for that. Can you also explain the -ów bit, if possible, please?

 — I.S.M.E.T.A.20:35, 12 June 2014

w:Kraków#Etymology calls this an "archaic possessive form". Given this vagueness and weak sourcing, I would take it with a grain of salt (note, however, *-ovъ). In modern language, -ów is a common genitive plural suffix (genitive case fulfilling the possessive role), hence it can be understood as "[the town] of the Kraks (servants/descendants/etc. of Krak)". In our Proto-Slavic noun declension tables, however, the genitive plural suffix tends to be *-ъ (and the genitive dual *-u). I would love to see why this is so, how it compares to other contemporary Slavic languages, and how -ów came into being.

I have been hardly seeing you lately. Busy in real life? Fine by me if you do not want to elaborate on it too much, just wondering whether you expect to keep coming here.

Keφr21:29, 12 June 2014

Sorry I missed your response from nearly three years ago. I forgot about liquid threads. You haven't been around since September last year, so I don't expect to see you very much. :-(

 — I.S.M.E.T.A.01:27, 16 April 2017