Wenedy - Wenedy

Japanese: ウェネディ - うぇねでぃ
Wenedy - Wenedy

…the ancestors of the Western Slavs. In Latin, they are written as Veneti or Venedi. There are many place names in Europe that have the roots Wen or Win (such as the old name of Vienna, Vindobona, and Venetia in Italy), so it is believed that people with this name lived widely.

From [Slavs]

…The Slavs appeared on the historical stage relatively late, around the time of the beginning of the Christian era. The first reliable information about the Slavs can be found in the works of the Roman historians Pliny the Elder and Tacitus, where they appear under the name of the Venedi (Veneti). According to Tacitus' Germania, the Venedi built their homes and settled in the forests and mountains between the settlements of the Peucini (Germanic) and the Fenni (Finnish or Lappian), and carried weapons such as spears and shields, running around swiftly and plundering, and their lifestyle was similar to that of the Germanic people. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Wennedy" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…西スラブ人の祖。ラテン語ではウェネティVeneti,ウェネディVenediと書かれる。ヨーロッパにはウェン,ウィンの語根を持つ地名が多く(ウィーンの古名ウィンドボナ,イタリアのウェネティアなど),この名を持つ民族が広く住んでいたと思われる。…

【スラブ人】より

…スラブ人の歴史の舞台への登場は比較的遅く,西暦の紀元が改まるころからである。スラブ人についての最初の確かな情報はローマの史家大プリニウスおよびタキトゥスの著作の中に見られ,スラブ人はウェネディVenedi(ウェネティVeneti)の名で現れる。タキトゥスの《ゲルマニア》によれば,ウェネディはペウキニ人(ゲルマン系)とフェンニ人(フィン系ないしラップ系)の居住地に挟まれた森林や山岳地に家を建てて定住し,槍や楯などの武器を携えて,敏しょうに走りまわって略奪を行い,その生活様式はゲルマン人のそれに近い。…

※「ウェネディ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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