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[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The first record mentioning Munic says that it’s called “forum apud Munichen” (1158). So “Munich” is just a case where an old world survived the centuries in exile, while the people living nearby changed it around.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnchen#Etymologie

[–] hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 3 months ago

Both have the same ‚distance‘ to Munichen albeit changing differently. The English pronunciation is an abomination though. Moon-Jen would be preferable from my POV.