Podljas'e ???????? in Russian and ???????? Podlyashe in Yiddish.

There are two hypotheses regarding the origin of the name of the region. According to the first one, the name is derived from the Polish word las , and means . However, this hypothesis conflicts with historical phonology; it fails to explain the vocalism and especially the -ch-/-s- in Slavic languages and the -nk- in Lithuanian.

According to the second hypothesis, the

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