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Venedes

By one hypothesis (see the related articles below), Venedes were the Proto-Slavs (Proto-Slovenes, Slo-veneti, Sloventi - from the last word Sloventi one might look for the Slovene word for Slovenes, when 't' is soften to 'c', producing "Slovenci"), an Aryan folk from Sorbian (Lusatian (Lusation), Wendish) culture along the Amber Path conquer and settle region between the Baltic sea and Adriatic Sea.

Hypotetically related names are: Veneds, Wends (Veneti?, 'Venetkeni', 'Venetkini', 'Venedi', 'Vinedi', 'Vendi', (Jordanes 'Venethi'), 'Sclavi', 'Sclavini', (Jordanes 'Sclaveni'), 'Slovonici') (Greek 'Venedes', Homer shortened the name to 'Enetoi', Jordanes wrote 'Ainetoi' ("Laudable")) | (also 'Wenets', 'Venets', 'Wenetes') (not to be confused with Venetians or Venicians).

Related articles

• Timeline of Slovene history

Related links

• http://www.niagara.com/~jezovnik/anthony_ambrozic_and_joze_skulj.htm
• http://www.angelfire.com/country/veneti/
• http://www.prah.net/europaveneta/augustan/index.htm
• http://fanaticus.org/DBA/armies/paphlagonians.html

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