Editing Fugging, Upper Austria (section)

== Former name and etymology ==
[[File:City limit sign of Fucking, Austria.jpg|thumb|left|upright|The village of Fucking in August 2015, with the frequently-stolen traffic sign before the name change.]]

The settlement is believed to have been founded in the 6th century AD by Focko, a [[Austro-Bavarian|Bavarian]] nobleman. The Austrian region during this century was mostly under the domain of the [[Kingdom of the Ostrogoths]] and was populated by a mix of [[Christians]] and [[Paganism|pagans]]. The existence of the village was documented for the first time in 1070, and historical records show that some 20 years later, the lord was recorded in Latin as ''{{Lang|la|Adalpertus de Fucingin}}''. The spelling of the name, which is pronounced with the English language vowel ''oo'' as in ''book'',<ref name="dailytele"/> evolved over the years; it is first recorded in historical sources as ''Vucchingen'' in 1070, as ''Fukching'' in 1303,<ref>{{cite book|last=Etz|first=Albrecht|title=Die Siedlungsnamen des Innviertels als lauthistorische Quellen|page=212|series=Volume 53 of ''Dissertationen der Universität Wien''|publisher=Notring|year=1971}}</ref> as ''Fugkhing'' in 1532, and in the modern spelling ''Fucking'' in the 18th century.<ref name="age030905">{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/09/02/1125302734420.html|title=What's the F—ing joke?|date=3 September 2005|newspaper=[[The Age]]|access-date=25 October 2009|archive-date=15 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815011333/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/09/02/1125302734420.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The ending ''-{{Lang|gem|ing}}'' is an old [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] suffix indicating the people belonging to the root word to which it is attached, thus ''Fucking'' means "(place of) Focko's people".<ref name="the-register">{{cite news|first=Lester|last=Haines|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/15/austrian_signs/|title=Brits steal carloads of F**king Austrian roadsigns|work=The Register|date=15 August 2005|access-date=10 August 2017|archive-date=3 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203092525/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/15/austrian_signs/|url-status=live}}</ref>