Editing Berlin (section)

=== Etymology ===
Berlin lies in northeastern Germany, in [[Germania Slavica|an area formerly settled by Slavs]] which thus exhibits many (Germanised) Slavic-derived placenames until today (see below). The word ''Berlin'' also has its roots in the language of the [[West Slavs]], and may be related to the Old [[Polabian language|Polabian]] stem {{Lang|pox|berl-/birl-}} ("swamp").<ref>{{Cite book| last=Berger| first=Dieter| title=Geographische Namen in Deutschland| publisher=Bibliographisches Institut| year=1999| isbn=9783411062522}}</ref>

Of Berlin's [[Boroughs and neighborhoods of Berlin|twelve boroughs]], five bear a Slavic-derived name—[[Pankow]], [[Steglitz-Zehlendorf]], [[Marzahn-Hellersdorf]], [[Treptow-Köpenick]] and [[Spandau]]; furthermore, across the city's 96 neighbourhoods, there are 22 which bear a Slavic-rooted name—[[Altglienicke]], [[Alt-Treptow]], [[Britz]], [[Buch (Berlin)|Buch]], [[Buckow (Berlin)|Buckow]], [[Gatow]], [[Karow (Berlin)|Karow]], [[Kladow]], [[Köpenick]], [[Lankwitz]], [[Lübars]], [[Malchow (Berlin)|Malchow]], [[Marzahn]], [[Pankow (locality)|Pankow]], [[Prenzlauer Berg]], [[Rudow]], [[Schmöckwitz]], [[Spandau (locality)|Spandau]], [[Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow]], [[Steglitz]], [[Tegel]] and [[Zehlendorf (Berlin)|Zehlendorf]].