Re: Another group of "Veneti"?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Trond Engen <trond@...> wrote:

> 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.

[...]

> Much like the name ~Venceslav. Thinking of it, could the first
> element be the same word?

Gerhard Schlimpert, _Slawische Personennamen in mittelalterlichen
Quellen zur deutschen Geschichte_, derives it from a PSl. *veNtieN
'more', mentioning Polish and Czech reflexes.

Brian