From: Joao S. Lopes Message: 67832 Date: 2011-06-22
As name of a saint, became widespread in Catholic countries: in Portuguese, Venceslau.
JS Lopes
De: Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> Para: cybalist@yahoogroups.com Enviadas: Quarta-feira, 22 de Junho de 2011 18:27 Assunto: Re: [tied] Another group of "Veneti"?
W dniu 2011-06-22 23:17, Piotr Gasiorowski pisze:
> *veNtje-slavU is a typical wishing name ('more fame'), not a Veneto-Slav
> or anything of the sort ;)
BTW, the Modern Polish form of the name, <Wacl/aw>, is a loan from
Czech. The Old Polish version was <Wie,cesl/aw> (or <Wie,cl/aw> with the
syncope of the medial syllable).