The Limes Saxoniae border between the Saxons and the Lechites Obotrites, established about 810 in present-day Schleswig-HolsteinGermaniae veteris typus (Old Germany). Aestui, Venedi, Gythones and Ingaevones are visible on the right upper corner of the map. Edited by Willem and Joan Blaeu, 1645.
Wends (Old English: Winedas[ˈwi.ne.dɑs]; Old Norse: Vindar; German: Wenden[ˈvɛn.dn̩], Winden[ˈvɪn.dn̩]; Danish: Vendere; Swedish: Vender; Polish: Wendowie, Czech: Wendové) is a historical name for Slavs who inhabited present-day northeast Germany. It refers not to a homogeneous people, but to various peoples, tribes or groups depending on where and when it was used. In the modern day, communities identifying as Wendish exist in Slovenia, Austria, Lusatia, the United States (such as the Texas Wends),[1] and Australia.[2]
In German-speaking Europe during the Middle Ages, the term "Wends" was interpreted as synonymous with "Slavs" and sporadically used in literature to refer to West Slavs and South Slavs living within the Holy Roman Empire. The name has possibly survived in Finnic languages (Finnish: Venäjä[ˈʋe̞.næ.jæ], Estonian: Vene[ˈve.ne], Karelian: Veneä), denoting modern Russia.[3][4]
^"Who Are the Wends?". January 2010.
^"History of Migration".
^Campbell, Lyle (2004). Historical Linguistics. MIT Press. p. 418. ISBN 0-262-53267-0.
^Bojtár, Endre (1999). Foreword to the Past. Central European University Press. p. 88. ISBN 9639116424.
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