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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9587846, member: 2844&quot;]I regularly think people on Dutch TV are speaking Lithuanian, but that is probably my brain interfering as usual.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>That could be due to the usual Russian imperialism.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Many European placenames originated in Roman times, or even before. The Latin, Celtic, old Germanic etc names were modified over time to suit later language developments.</p><p>For instance, the Romanised Celtic name Lugdunum became London in England, Leiden in the Netherlands, and Lyon in France. All three were called Lugdunum in Roman times (lack of imagination<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />).</p><p>A similar adaptation could be done with an Old Prussian name. But not while it is still Russian. Mind you, I think the city of Königsberg was founded by the German Knights Order.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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