Silingi
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The Silings or Silingi (Latin: Silingae, Greek Σιλίγγαι - Silingai) were an East Germanic tribe probably part of the larger Vandal group. According to most scholars, the Silingi lived in Lower Silesia , the term "Silesia" itself perhaps being derived from "Silingi" (from Silingi tribe the near river was named Silingja. River's name was borrowed by Slavs after their invasion in V-VI a.d. as Sьlęža(>Silingja) - today Ślęza. The Slavic tribe that lived near Sьlęža river was named Sьlęžjane->Sьlęžane->Polish Ślężanie and the land of Sьlęžane was named Sьlęžьsko->Old-Polish Ślążsko->modern Śląsk, Czech Slezsko, Latin Silesia, German Schlesien).
Claudius Ptolemaeus wrote that they had lived south of the Suebi-Semnone tribe. The Silingi were part of the migratory movements of the Vandals, into the Iberian peninsula and later on to North Africa.
[edit] Ancient sources
Claudius Ptolemaeus, 'Geography' wrote: Back below the Semnones the Silingae have their seat ... and below the Silingae the Calucones and the Camavi up to Mt. Melibocus, from whom to the east near the Albis river and above them, below Mt. Asciburgius, the Corconti
