Re: Another group of "Veneti"?

Piotr Gasiorowski:

> W dniu 2011-06-22 23:04, bmscotttg pisze:
>
>> > 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
>
> That's what it is, though the actual Slavic pre-form it *veNtje (no
> final nasal); the suffix is a reflex of the PIE comparative *-jes, the
> neuter gender of it being used in an adverbial function in Slavic.
> *veNtje-slavU is a typical wishing name ('more fame'), not a
> Veneto-Slav or anything of the sort ;)

No, well, I meant the other way around, with (some of) the Vends being
the Many or the Great Ones or something like that in a language akin to
Slavic. Probably still not much of an idea, though.

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Trond Engen