Editing Szczecin (section)

== Name and etymology ==
{{lang|pl|Szczecin}} and {{lang|de|Stettin}} are the Polish and German equivalents of the same name, which is of [[Proto-Slavic]] origin, though the exact etymology is the subject of ongoing research.<ref name="Bialecki">{{cite book|first=Tadeusz|last=Białecki|title=Historia Szczecina|publisher=[[Ossolineum|Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich]] |year=1992 |location=Wrocław |pages=9, 20–55, 92–95, 258–260, 300–306}}</ref>{{efn |Spelling variants in medieval sources include:
* ''Stetin'',<ref name=Labuda14/> recorded e.g. in 1133,<ref name=Labuda14>Gerard Labuda, Władysław Filipowiak, Helena Chłopocka, Maciej Czarnecki, Tadeusz Białecki, Zygmunt Silski, ''Dzieje Szczecina 1–4'', Państwowe Wydawn. Nauk., 1994, p.{{nbsp}}14, {{ISBN|83-01-04342-3}}</ref> 1159,<ref name=Labuda14/> 1177<ref name=Labuda14/>
* ''Stetyn'',<ref name=Labuda14/> recorded, e.g., in 1188,<ref name=Labuda14/> 1243<ref name=Labuda14/>
* ''Stetim'', 1237<ref name=Lizak/>
* ''Szcecin'', 1273.<ref name=Lizak>Wojciech Lizak, "Jak wywodzono nazwę Szczecina?", [http://nowahistoria.interia.pl/kartka-z-kalendarza/news-14-pazdziernika-1861-r-stan-wojenny-w-krolestwie-polskim,nId,1902574], last accessed 4/2/2011</ref>
* ''Stetina'',<ref name=Labuda14/> by Herbord<ref name=Labuda14/>
* ''Sthetynensibus'' or ''Sthetyn'', 1287, in Anglicised medieval Latin.<ref name=Lizak/> (The ending ''–ens–ibus'' means 'to the people of' in Latin.)
* ''Stetinum'' and ''Sedinum'', still used in contemporary [[Latin]] language references
* ''Stitin'', recorded, e.g., in 1251,<ref name=Labuda14/> in the ''Annales Ryensis'',<ref name=Labuda14/> in 1642<ref>Merians anmüthige Städte-Chronik, das ist historische und wahrhaffte Beschreibung und zugleich Künstliche Abcontrafeyung zwantzig vornehmbster und bekantester in unserm geliebten Vatterland gelegenen Stätte, 1642</ref>
* ''Stitinum'', by [[Saxo Grammaticus]]<ref name=Labuda14/>
* ''Stittinum''
* ''Stytin'',<ref name=Labuda14/> in the ''Annales Colbacensis''.<ref name=Labuda14/>}} 
In her ''Etymological Dictionary of Geographical Names of Poland'', Maria Malec lists 11 theories regarding the origin of the name, including derivations from either: an Old Slavic word for 'hill peak' ({{langx|pl|szczyt|links=no}}), the plant [[Dipsacus fullonum|fuller's teasel]] ({{langx|pl|szczeć|links=no}}), or the [[personal name]] {{lang|pl|Szczota}}.<ref>Słownik etymologiczny nazw geograficznych Polski Profesor Maria Malec PWN 2003</ref>

Other medieval names for the town are ''Burstaborg'' (in the [[Knýtlinga saga|Knytlinga saga]])<ref name=Labuda14/><ref name=Rospond162>Stanisław Rospond, Slawische Namenkunde Ausg. 1,{{nbsp}}Nr.{{nbsp}}3, C.{{nbsp}}Winter, 1989, p.{{nbsp}}162</ref> and ''Burstenburgh'' (in the Annals of Waldemar).<ref name =Labuda14/><ref name=Rospond162/> These names, which literally mean 'brush burgh', are likely derived from the translation of the city's Slavic name (assuming the second derivation mentioned above).<ref name=Rospond162/>