Etymology

Rostock

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Today it means: An independent city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Full definition →

Middle Low German Rozstoc ← West Slavic ← Proto-Slavic *orz-tokъ
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  1. Proto-Slavic · derived from*orz-tokъ“river fork”
  2. West Slavic · derived from
  3. Middle Low German · derived fromRozstoc
  4. English todayRostock

From German, from Middle Low German Rozstoc, from West Slavic (probably Polabian), from Proto-Slavic *orz-tokъ (“river fork”) (compare Czech roztok).

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