{"id":23985,"date":"2026-01-03T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=23985"},"modified":"2025-12-23T11:54:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T19:54:57","slug":"the-dictionary-of-polish-place-names-orzec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/23985","title":{"rendered":"The Dictionary of Polish Place Names \u2013 Orzec (Szelk\u00f3w Parish)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Dictionary of Polish Place Names (Nazwy Miejscowe Polski<\/em>) explains the origin of place names in Poland and details how the place name changed over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volume VIII of Nazwy Miejscowe Polski<\/em> lists one place called Orzec, a village currently in the Masovian Voivodeship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nazwy Miejscowe Polski<\/em> indicates that Orzec was in the Szelk\u00f3w Gmina, Ostro\u0142\u0119ka Voivodeship in the years 1975-1998, and is 8 kilometers southeast of Mak\u00f3w Mazowiecki. Mentions of the village include Orzicz<\/em> village in 1402, Orzicz<\/em> in 1421, in Orzicz<\/em> in 1425, Horycz<\/em> in 1477, Orzycz<\/em> in 1484, Orzycz<\/em> in 1502, Orzicz<\/em> in 1582, Orzecz<\/em> in 1783, Orzycz<\/em> in 1827, Orzyc<\/em> or Orzyce<\/em> in 1886, Orzyc<\/em> in 1921, and Orzyc, -ca, orzycki<\/em> in 1971.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The name of the village derives from the Orzyc<\/em> river, recorded from the 14th century, first in Teutonic sources and, later, in Polish sources: Naritze<\/em> (1314-25), Aricz<\/em> (1335-41), and Oricz<\/em> (1343). The hydronym (the proper name of a body of water) is probably of Baltic or Indo-European origin.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Source: Rymut, Kazimierz, ed., Nazwy Miejscowe Polski<\/em> (Place Names of Poland<\/em>) – Krakow 2009, Volume VIII, page 158.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click the link for a PDF copy of the Nazwy Miejscowe Polski<\/em> entry for Orzyc<\/a>. Translated rom the Polish, the entry reads:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Orzyc<\/strong>, a village in the Ostro\u0142\u0119ka voivodeship, Szelk\u00f3w gmina, 8 km southeast of Mak\u00f3w Mazowiecki: Orzicz<\/em> villas 1402 SHGMz (WAP Krak\u00f3w, parchment 868); Orzicz<\/em> 1421 SHGMz (W 1, 13); in Orzicz<\/em> 1425 MkM I no. 48; Horycz<\/em> 1477 SHGMz (Ep. 13, 98); Orzycz<\/em> 1484 SHGMz (Ep. 11, 106v); Orzycz<\/em> 1502 SHGMz (Ep. 149, 72v); Orzicz<\/em> 1582 \u0179Dz XVI 392; Orzecz<\/em> 1783 MpPerMz; Orzycz<\/em> 1827 Tabella II 65; Orzyc<\/em> or Orzyce<\/em> 1886 SG VII 615; Orzyc 1921 Sk I 77; Orzyc, -ca, orzycki<\/em> 1971 UN 129, 46. \u2014 \u200b\u200bThe name derives from the Orzyc<\/em> river, recorded from the 14th century, first in Teutonic sources, later in Polish ones, cf.: Naritze<\/em> (1314-25) XV PrUr II 595; Aricz<\/em> (1335-41) PrUr III 286; Oricz<\/em> 1343 Kuj 311. The hydronym is probably of Baltic (Rozwadowski, Zierhoffer, Bednarcuk, Udolph) or Indo-European (Babik) origin [A handwritten note indicates that Udolph is an Indo-European, not Baltic source]. Lit.: ZMaz 287; Babik 208-9 (with full bibliography for the hydronym).     Urszula Bijak<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copyright \u00a9 2026 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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