Etymology

Dresden

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Today it means: A variety of china, originally manufactured in the city, but manufactured in Meissen from the 18th century. Full definition →

German Dresden ← Middle High German Dresden ← Sorbian
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The story

  1. Proto-Slavic · derived from*dręzga
  2. Sorbian · derived from
  3. Middle High German · derived fromDresden
  4. German · borrowed fromDresden“Dresden”
  5. English todayDresden

Borrowed from German Dresden (“Dresden”) in the 1730s, from Middle High German Dresden, from a Sorbian source akin to Lower Sorbian Drježdźany, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *dręzga, of which the locative case is *dręzdzě.

First known use, by meaning

  • 1735 The capital city of Saxony, Germany, on the River Elbe.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.