Even the origin of the word "Slav" remains controversial. In the Old Slavonic language tha
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Even the origin of the word "Slav" remains controversial. In the Old Slavonic language that word is "slověne".
There are obvious similarities to the word slovo meaning "word, talk". Thus slověne would mean "people who speak (the same language)", i.e. people who understand each other, as opposed to the Slavic word for Germans, nemtsi, meaning "speechless people" (from Slavic němi - mute, silent, dumb).
Another obvious similarity links "Slavs" to the word slava, that is "glory" or "praise". The word came about from the verb "slyti", "to be known about"; it arises from the corresponding causative verb, "slaviti".
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