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in reply to a message by Bobby Darin
The Wends is another name for Sorbs -- a Slavic tribe that inhabited the eastern part of modern-day Germany. The word wend, however, appears to be of anything but Slavic origin.
You might want to check out Wendel, and those articles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wends
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendland
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=wend
Edited because I forgot to hyperlink Wendel. Oops :)
~ Ivayla
Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.
You might want to check out Wendel, and those articles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wends
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendland
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=wend
Edited because I forgot to hyperlink Wendel. Oops :)
~ Ivayla
Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.
This message was edited 5/5/2005, 1:06 PM
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Attn:- Ivayla
Thanks for the help, good historical background information, but unfortunately no explanation of the name Wend?? which you say is not Slavic? what language is this from then?
Thanks for the help, good historical background information, but unfortunately no explanation of the name Wend?? which you say is not Slavic? what language is this from then?
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Well...
The Wikipedia articles that I gave you explain that:
~ Wends seem to derive their name from Wendland
~ The name of Wendland seems to be connected to the Vandals
The dictionary.com site claims that "wend" is derived from the German Wende -> Middle High German Winde/Wende -> Old High German Winid. And they direct you to check up the meaning of "wen" in Indo-European Roots.
Or, to put it shortly, bluntly and rather rudely, because I am stuck at work at 6:40 pm -- I pointed you to what I know, but I am not going to do your research for you!
~ Ivayla
Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.
The Wikipedia articles that I gave you explain that:
~ Wends seem to derive their name from Wendland
~ The name of Wendland seems to be connected to the Vandals
The dictionary.com site claims that "wend" is derived from the German Wende -> Middle High German Winde/Wende -> Old High German Winid. And they direct you to check up the meaning of "wen" in Indo-European Roots.
Or, to put it shortly, bluntly and rather rudely, because I am stuck at work at 6:40 pm -- I pointed you to what I know, but I am not going to do your research for you!
~ Ivayla
Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.
This message was edited 5/5/2005, 6:58 PM
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Here's the direct link to the aforementioned Indo-European root wen: http://snipurl.com/ep6d.
I suggest you bookmark the main page of this dictionary, Bobby: http://snipurl.com/bknk. And, I agree with Ivayla that you should at least try to do your own research, if you absolutely must know that badly.
Miranda
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I suggest you bookmark the main page of this dictionary, Bobby: http://snipurl.com/bknk. And, I agree with Ivayla that you should at least try to do your own research, if you absolutely must know that badly.
"Six hours later I still haven't done my homework, but I did come up with 245 name combos, seven of which I might name my child." — Modified LJ icon quote
Proud adopter of 15 punctuation marks.
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