[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Re: Does anyone know what these terms mean.

[Jerry Frank]

At 01:30 AM 30/01/2002 -0500, Dmarkaz at aol.com wrote:
>Does anyone know what these terms mean ( if anything): "lazian" and "gan" at
>the end of a place name such as Wolin"gan" ?
>Thanks for your help.
>Darcy Markham


Not sure where you are getting these terms.  Knowing the context and origin 
might help to understand them.

My guess for "gan" in the noted context is that it actually should be a 'j' 
which can carry a 'y' sound as in Wolinjen = Wolhynien (German) = Volhynia 
(English).




Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
jkfrank at shaw.ca