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   Christian Weisgerber to NewsGrouper   
   Re: (German) Wahrschau, from Dutch verb    
   16 Nov 25 16:27:03   
   
   From: naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
   On 2025-11-16, HenHanna  NewsGrouper  wrote:   
      
   > (German)  Wahrschau,   from Dutch verb    Waarschuwen   (to Warn)   
      
   I had to look this up.  It's not a common word.   
      
   | 1. [Seemannssprache] Warnruf: Vorsicht!; Aufpassen!   
   | 2. [metonymisch, besonders Binnenschifffahrt] Lichtsignalanlage,   
   |    die vor etw. warnt; Leitstelle, die mehrere Signalanlagen steuert   
   | 3. [metonymisch] das Wahrschauen   
   https://www.dwds.de/wb/Wahrschau   
      
   >        is it a complete coincidence that  (German)  Wahrschau also means   
   Warsaw?   
      
   Pure coincidence. "Warschau"--note the spelling--is transparently   
   adapted from Polish "Warszawa", itself of uncertain origin.   
      
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   Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
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