ראַטשוינדז
‘Raciąż (town in central Poland)’
ראַטשוינדז
רעטשוינדז
'Raciąż (town in central Poland)'
ETYMOLOGY
{The final /z/, instead of /ž/, is likely due to consonant dissimilation.]
Beider argues that the diphthong /oj/ in the second syllable derives from a long /oː/, from the nasal Old Polish /ąː/.
Polish Raciąż.
RATShO'YNDZ, RETShO'YNDZ? {Yiddishland, Paul Glasser]