Znetalici ( Czech: Snětaliči) was a Slavic tribe mentioned by the 9th-century Bavarian Geographer. They are mentioned as inhabiting 74 civitates (settlements). [1]
While some scholars put them somewhere in Russia, [2] between the Carpathians and the Danube, [2] [3] or in Kiev. [4] the majority located them in Bohemia and near Lusatia. [2] [3] [5] They are etymologically related to toponym Netolice in Bohemia, and Serbo-Lusatian tribe of Neletici or Netelici. Mikołaj Rudnicki considered it of patronymic origin with suffix *-ici, deriving it from *Snetal ("big trunk"), which has survived as surnames Snětal, Snětalová in the Czech Republic and Śniatała in Poland. [6]
References
- ^ ČSAV 1956, p. 3.
- ^ a b c Łowmiański 1986, p. 171.
- ^ a b ČSAV 1956, p. 35.
- ^ Ceskoslovenska spolecnost zemepisna. sbornik. journal. Vol. 67–68. 1962. p. 128.
- ^ Československá společnost zeměpisná (1961). Sbornik Československé společnosti zeměpisné. Nákl. Československé společnosti zeměpisné.
- ^ Łuczyński, Michal (2017). ""Geograf Bawarski" — nowe odczytania" ["Bavarian Geographer" — New readings]. Polonica (in Polish). XXXVII (37): 76. doi: 10.17651/POLON.37.9. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
Sources
- ČSAV (1956). Rozpravy Československé akademie věd: Řada společenských věd. Vol. 66. ČSAV. p. 35.
- Łowmiański, Henryk (1986). Studia nad dziejami Słowiańszczyzny, Polski i Rusi w wiekach średnich. Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewica w Poznaniu. pp. 171–172.