Slavery? origins of the word "Slav" and its relation to "slave"

[Rolf Fieguth]

Probably the most competent commentary is to find in Max Vasmer, Russisches
etymologisches Wörterbuch, Russian Version Maks Fasmer, Etimologicheskij
slovar russkogo jazyka, t. III, "slavjanin". "Slave" is reported there to be
originally a Modern Greek formation "sklavos" (slave) derived from
"sklavinos" (Slav). Rolf Fieguth

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