Speakers of Lechitic West Slavic languages in the region of Poland
Lechites (Polish: Lechici, German: Lechiten),[1] also known as the Lechitic tribes (Polish: Plemiona lechickie, German: Lechitische Stämme), is a name given to certain West Slavic tribes who inhabited modern-day Poland and eastern Germany, and were speakers of the Lechitic languages. Distinct from the Czech–Slovak subgroup, they are the closest ancestors of ethnic Poles and of Pomeranians, Lusatians and Polabians.[2][3]
^Tadeusz Lehr-Spławiński. Język polski. 1978
^"Laesir is the Old Norse term for the Ljachar, a people near the Vistula in Poland". [in:] Theodore Murdock Andersson, Kari Ellen Gade Morkinskinna: The Earliest Icelandic Chronicle of the Norwegian Kings (1030–1157). ISBN 978-0-8014-3694-9 p. 471; "The word here for Poles is "Laesum" – the dative plural from a nominative plural "Laesir". This clearly is derived from the old name for Pole – "Lyakh", since in the course of the Slavonic paradigm -kh- becomes -s-in accordance with the "second palatalization" and the addition of the regular Norse plural ending of -ir- [...] [in:] The Ukrainian review. 1963. p. 70; "eastern Wends, meaning obviously the Vjatyci/Radimici, Laesir "Poles" or "Western Slavs" (ef. Old Rus'ian ljaxy) [in:] Omeljan Pritsak. Old Scandinavian sources other than the sagas. 1981. p. 300
^"Vandalis, Gothis, Longobardis, Rugis et Gepidis, quos vacant aliqui Cimbros, quos hodie vocamus Pomeranos" [in:] Jan Długosz. Annales seu cronicae incliti Regni Poloniae. t. I., p. 35
described Casimir I the Restorer as "king of Poles means Lechites". Both the names "Poles" and "Lechites" were used in medieval Poland as adequate terms. "Laesir...
Poles are considered to be the descendants of the ancient West Slavic Lechites and other tribes that inhabited the Polish territories during the late...
of this group and to Slavic peoples speaking these languages (known as Lechites). The term is related to the name of the legendary Polish forefather Lech...
The exonym possibly derives from either Lech, a legendary ruler of the Lechites, or from the Lendians, a West Slavic tribe that dwelt on the south-easternmost...
Years tells about the Lechites origin of the Radimichi: “…radimichi bo… from the Lechites” and “The former Radimichi from the Lechites family; before that...
were first recorded within Silesia in the 1st century. West Slavs and Lechites arrived in the region around the 7th century, and by the early ninth century...
other countries. Civitas Schinesghe Exonym and endonym Lechitic languages Lechites List of country name etymologies Polish names Polish tribes Polonia (disambiguation)...
Germanic clans, Sarmatians, Slavs and Balts. However, it was the West Slavic Lechites, the closest ancestors of ethnic Poles, who established permanent settlements...
leader Lechites (Tribe) Krakus I also Krak or Grakch c. 8th century c. 8th century Unknown c. 8th century Legendary founder of Kraków Lechites (Tribe)...
on both sides of the Oder river. Originally the settlement area of the Lechites, the swampy area was located east of Brandenburg and west of Greater Poland...
of Plön and Ostholstein. The word "Wagria" is derived from the Slavic Lechites tribe of Wagri, which meant "those who live by the bays". In the Middle...
are said to have founded the three modern Slavic nations of Poles (or Lechites), Czechs, and Rus' (or Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians) Fénius Farsaid...
tribes" is a term used sometimes to describe the tribes of West Slavic Lechites that lived from around the mid-6th century in the territories that became...
Cieszyn Silesian dialect, Polish, Czech Religion Roman Catholic, Lutheran (Wisła) Related ethnic groups Other Lechites Especially Gorals and Silesians...
and a rival of the Roman Empire, in the 1st century BCE. It was ruled by Lechites, which would be ancestors of modern Polish people, with its centre located...
The Gorals (Polish: Górale; Goral dialect: Górole; Slovak: Gorali; Cieszyn Silesian: Gorole), also known as the Highlanders (in Poland as the Polish Highlanders...
century, as Vikings and West Slavs settled Pomerania. The West Slavs, or Lechites, erected a new stronghold on the site of the modern castle. Since the 9th...
founder of the Polish nation Lechites (tribe) Krakus I Krak 8th century 8th century 8th century Legendary founder of Kraków Lechites (tribe) Krakus II Krak...
legendary founder of Kraków. Upon her father's death, she became queen of the Lechites/Poles, but in the later reeditions committed suicide to avoid an unwanted...
Genera included in the family: Baculites Boehmoceras Eubaculites Fresvillia Lechites Pseudobaculites Sciponoceras Trachybaculites Tuberosciponoceras Neal L...
(Łużyce) All these sons united under one war flag given by Leszek. The Lechites originally had a young lion on its war flag, then around 550, the white...
The Masurians or Mazurs (Polish: Mazurzy; German: Masuren; Masurian: Mazurÿ), historically also known as Prussian Masurians (Polish: Mazurzy pruscy), are...
(compared to the Moravian region of Slovácko, so called Moravian Slovakia). Lechites (Lechitic group) Lechitic tribes are ancestors of Poles/Polish people,...
The Obotrites (Latin: Obotriti, Abodritorum, Abodritos…) or Obodrites, also spelled Abodrites (German: Abodriten), were a confederation of medieval West...
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