Etymograph

English

Krnov

Krnov comes from Czech Krnov.

  1. CzechmodernKrnov
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. CzechmodernKrnov
  2. Englishtodaysame form

first attested From the Czech Krnov, first attested in 1240 as Kyrnow, from the personal name Krn + the archaic placename suffix -óv (as stated in the etymology)

The story

From the Czech Krnov, first attested in 1240 as Kyrnow, from the personal name Krn + the archaic placename suffix -óv.

Today it means

name An Upper Silesian town on the River Opava in the northeastern Czech Republic, near the Polish border.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Czech Krnov / Krnov