Lechia

Lechia is the historical and/or alternative name of Poland[1]., stemming from the word Lech (which is also a common first name). It is still present in several European languages and some languages of Central Asia and the Middle East:

The term Lechia derives from the tribe of Lędzianie.[2] See name of Poland and Lechites for details.

It is also the derivation for the term Lechitic languages associated with Poland.

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References

  1. ^ "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). ISBN13 9780801436949 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
  2. ^ (Polish) W. Chrzanowski. Kronika Słowian: Polanie. Vol. 2. Libron. 2006. p. 73.