From: Torsten
Message: 67827
Date: 2011-06-22
> ________________________________Maybe you mean
> From: Trond Engen <trond@...>
>
>
> george knysh:
>
> > Cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyatichi
> >
> > A couple of points. The story about the eponymous ancestor
> > "Vyatko" seems a later construction. The East Slavic modification
> > of "in-" and "en-" to "ya" is what suggest a Venetic name for
> > them. "They came from the west": what is also interesting is that
> > the material culture of the Viatichi is practically if not
> > entirely similar to that of the eastern Galindians. So there's a
> > lot of room for speculation here.
>
> Much like the name ~Venceslav. Thinking of it, could the first
> element be the same word?
>
>
> I've seen Wenceslaus, etc. translated as "Wendel" but it may be a
> folk etymology