Editing Graz (section)

==Etymology==
The name of the city, Graz, formerly spelled '''Gratz'''<ref>{{Cite EB9|wstitle= Gratz |volume= 11 |page= 63}}</ref> and also formerly known as '''Grätz''', most likely derives from Slavic {{lang|sla|gradec/gradac}} 'small castle'. Some [[archeological site|archaeological finds]] point to the erection of a small castle by [[Alpine Slavs|Alpine Slavic]] people,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ilyK1_1f0zYC&q=graz+castle+fortification&pg=PA126 |title=Historical Dictionary of Austria |last=Fichtner |first=Paula Sutter |date=11 June 2009 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=9780810863101 |language=en}}</ref> who settled in the region after the barbarian invasions drove out the original Celts, as well as the Romans. In [[Slovene language|Slovene]], {{lang|sl|gradec}} still means 'small castle', a [[hypocoristic]] derivative of Proto-West-South Slavic ''*gradьcъ'', which descends via [[liquid metathesis]] from [[Common Slavic]] ''*gardьcъ'' and via the Slavic third [[Palatalization (sound change)|palatalization]] from [[Proto-Slavic]] ''*gardiku'', originally denoting 'small town, settlement'. The name thus follows the common South Slavic pattern for naming settlements ''[[Grad (Slavic settlement)|grad]]''. Despite the Slavic root of the name, however, the city of Graz was founded by Bavarian settlers who arrived shortly after the Slavs, with which they intermixed. The city's name first appears in records in 1128; a record of ''Grez'' from 1091 is disputed.