We were talking Slav the other and I was wondering if
the term Rus may have originated as a calque for Slav
in the sense of "glory" --i.e. the Germanic name
element roth- is usually given as "glory", e.g. Roger
< roth-gar "glory spear", Rodrigo, Roderick <
roth-riks "glorious king"
Of course the Finns compounded things by referring to
the Swedes as Ruotsi
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