The Dictionary of Polish Place Names (Nazwy Miejscowe Polski) explains the origin of place names in Poland and details how the place name changed over time.
The present-day village of Nienadowa is located in Podkarpackie Voivodeship, about 3 kilometers east of Dubiecko. According to Polish Place Names, the village was referred to as Nyewnadowodu byeczsko and Suburbis Niewnadow Dubiecko in 1441, Newnadowa in 1458, de Wnadowa (!) in 1462, Nyewnyodowa 1465, villam Dvbyeczko Nyewnyadowa and Nyewnadowa Russka in 1497, Niewnadowa 1589, in Nienyadowy 1656, wsiow… Nienadowy in 1786, Nenadowa in 1860, Nienadowa and Ruthenian Nenadowa in 1886, Nienadowa in 1952 and in 1966.
Nazwy Miejscowe Polski states that early name of the village was a compiled name. The first part is the singular personal name Niewnad (Ukrainian Nevnad) from the word nadać meaning “to offer, to bestow” with the suffix -owo, -ów, -owa, and the second element is from the neighboring village of Dubiecko. Alternatively, the name of the village was combined with Nienadowa Ruska and the second element “Dubiecko” added to distinguish it from the adjective “Ruski”. Eventually, the second element of the name was deleted.
Source: Rymut, Kazimierz, ed., Nazwy Miejscowe Polski (Place Names of Poland) – Krakow 2007, Volume VII, page 421.
Click the link for a PDF copy of the Nazwy Miejscowe Polski entry for Nienadowa. Translated from the Polish, the entry reads:
Nienadowa, village, Przemyśl, Dubiecko gmina, 14.5 km east of Dynów: Nyewnadowodu byeczsko 1441 AGZ XI No. 1371; Suburbis Niewnadow Dubiecko 1441 Sng II 137; Newnadowa 1458, de Wnadowa (!) 1462 AGZ XI No. 3441, 3698; Nyewnyodowa 1465, villam Dvbyeczko Nyewnyadowa 1475 AGZ XVI No. 263, 1040; Nyewnadowa Russka 1497 Matr II No. 646; Niewnadowa 1589 ŹDz XVIII/I, 48; in Nienyadowy 1656 AGZ XXI No. 95; wsiow… Nienadowy 1786 MJ 19, XIII, 3; Nenadowa 1860 Sch 112; Nienadowa, Ruthenian Nenadowa 1886 SG VII 101; Nienadowa 1952 UW 283; Nienadowa, –wy, nienadowski 1966 UN 67, 33. — Compiled name. First element from the singular personal name *Niewnad, compare Ukrainian *Nevnad (: From nadać ‘to offer, to bestow’, with negation and the preposition u-), with the suffix –owo, –ów, –owa. Second element from the singular of the neighboring village Dubiecko (see above), later its ellipsis took place. The form Nienadowa arose as a result of dissimilation wn-w > n-w. The form Niewniadowa//Niewniodowa (ń-n > n-n; n-o > o-o) was also noted. Alternatively, the name was combined with Nienadowa Ruska, with a member distinguishing it from the adjective Ruski. Lit.: SHGSk lI 159-61; MakSk 116.
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