Editing Lutsk (section)

==Names and etymology==
Lutsk is an ancient [[Slavic peoples|Slavic]] town, mentioned in the [[Hypatian Chronicle]] as '''Luchesk''' in the records of 1085. The etymology of the name is unclear. There are three hypotheses: the name may have been derived from the Old Slavic word ''luka'' (an arc or bend in a river), or the name may have originated from ''Luka'' (the chieftain of the ''[[Dulebs]]''), an ancient Slavic tribe living in this area. The name may also have been created after ''Luchanii'' (Luchans), an ancient branch of the tribe mentioned above.

The city of Lutsk is also historically known by different names in other languages – {{langx|pl|Łuck}}, {{IPA|pl|wutsk|IPA}}; {{langx|yi|לוצק ,לויצק|Loytzk, Loutsk}}; as well as [[Names of European cities in different languages (I–L) #L|a number of other names]].<ref name="Beider">{{cite journal |last1=Beider |first1=Alexander |title=Eastern Yiddish Toponyms of German Origin |journal=Yiddish Studies Today |date=2012 |volume=ISBN 978-3-943460-09-4; ISSN 2194-8879 |issue=düsseldorf university press, Düsseldorf 2012 |url=https://docserv.uni-duesseldorf.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-23711/27_Leket_Beider_Eastern_Yiddish_Toponyms_of_German_Origin_A.pdf |access-date=26 December 2023}}</ref>