query: origins of the word "Slav" and its relation to "slave"

[Jolanta M. Davis]

I know that this subject was probably discussed before but it's impossible
to search SEELANGS archives for "Slav" to find it
anyway, can someone please advise me where to find a good discussion of the
origins of the word "Slav" and its relation to the word "slave"
for instance, when did the Slavic people fist start calling themselves
"Slavs", did it start with a particular tribe/nation of Slavs and then
spread or was it proto-Slavic, when does the word first appear in print,
also when did the Romans first used "sclave," what did it used to mean, was
it borrowed from the Slavic languages?
thank you
Jolanta Davis
Jolanta M. Davis
Publications Coordinator and NewsNet Editor
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS)
8 Story Street
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
tel.: (617) 495-0679
fax: (617) 495-0680
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~aaass/

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