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Can anyone clear up the relationship between Václav and Věnceslav? And also, confirm the meaning and form of the first element? And suggest an ancestral Slavic form?
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I would suggest the following proto-Slavic form: Ventjeslawus "major-glorified". The -tj- cluster changed into -c-/-Ö- in West Slavic, to -×- in Russian, òî -Ù- in Bulgarian.
The old-Slavonic/old-Bulgarian form is not attested, as far as I know. It should be written in Cyrillic like this: ÂßØÒÅÑËÀÂÚ/ÂßÙÅÑËÀÂÚ/Âÿùåñëàâú.
The Russian form is well known: modern Âÿ÷åñëàâ, pre-1918 Âÿ÷åñëàâú.
Please note that there is also an innovative Bulgarian name Âåíöåñëàâ (Venceslav) which sound similarly but it could be translated as "garland-glorified" rather than "major-glorified".
The old-Slavonic/old-Bulgarian form is not attested, as far as I know. It should be written in Cyrillic like this: ÂßØÒÅÑËÀÂÚ/ÂßÙÅÑËÀÂÚ/Âÿùåñëàâú.
The Russian form is well known: modern Âÿ÷åñëàâ, pre-1918 Âÿ÷åñëàâú.
Please note that there is also an innovative Bulgarian name Âåíöåñëàâ (Venceslav) which sound similarly but it could be translated as "garland-glorified" rather than "major-glorified".
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This is what I managed to find:
Vaclav is a Czech male name, that is a short form of Vaceslav.
Venceslav is a male name derived from Venceslaus (which in itself is a Latinate form derived from Slavic Veceslavb).
Meaning: from 'vace/vece' meaning big, bigger and 'slav' meaning glory.
So in short, Old Slavic name Veceslavb was turned into Latinate Venceslaus and all other forms derived from one of these two or a combination of them and we get - Vaclav, Vaceslav, Vjenceslav, Vjenćeslav, Venceslav, Ventseslav, Venceslas, Vyacheslav, Wenceslaus, Wenceslas... (pretty much every Slavic language has it's own form).
Vaclav is a Czech male name, that is a short form of Vaceslav.
Venceslav is a male name derived from Venceslaus (which in itself is a Latinate form derived from Slavic Veceslavb).
Meaning: from 'vace/vece' meaning big, bigger and 'slav' meaning glory.
So in short, Old Slavic name Veceslavb was turned into Latinate Venceslaus and all other forms derived from one of these two or a combination of them and we get - Vaclav, Vaceslav, Vjenceslav, Vjenćeslav, Venceslav, Ventseslav, Venceslas, Vyacheslav, Wenceslaus, Wenceslas... (pretty much every Slavic language has it's own form).
This message was edited 7/16/2010, 8:55 PM
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Does this diagram make sense?
Veceslavb (Slavic)
->Vaceslav (Czech)
->Vaclav (Czech)
->Waclaw (Polish)
->Venceslaus (Latin)
->Wenceslaus
->Venceslav (Czech)
->Ventseslav (Bulgarian)
->Vyacheslav (Russian)
Veceslavb (Slavic)
->Vaceslav (Czech)
->Vaclav (Czech)
->Waclaw (Polish)
->Venceslaus (Latin)
->Wenceslaus
->Venceslav (Czech)
->Ventseslav (Bulgarian)
->Vyacheslav (Russian)
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That's about right, you can just add the Polish Wenceslas under Wenceslaus and the Croatian version Vjeceslav under Veceslavb (btw, the Polish King/ Saint's name is Wenceslaus officially. I guess his 'street' name was Wenceslas -as most royals had Latin versions of their names at the time).
This message was edited 7/18/2010, 4:56 PM
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Thank you!
How would you spell Veceslavb in Cyrillic? What does that c represent?
How would you spell Veceslavb in Cyrillic? What does that c represent?
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In this case the c is just a c (pr. tz), not a č or ć (pr. ch). Although in some languages the 'vece' part turned into 'veće' (like in modern Croatian) and we have two versions of the name (Vjeceslav and Vjećeslav), it is a normal c in Vaclac, Veceslavb, etc.
About spelling Veceslavb in Cyrillic it depends on the language, I only know Serbian Cyrillic and it would be 'Вeцecлaвб'.
About spelling Veceslavb in Cyrillic it depends on the language, I only know Serbian Cyrillic and it would be 'Вeцecлaвб'.
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