GLOBAL CELTS & WENDS: WENDISH LANGUAGE & HISTORY
  • Introduction
  • CONTENTS
  • Articles
    • Oct. 2012: Preface
    • Oct. 2012: Part 1
    • Oct. 2012: Part 2
    • Oct. 2012: Part 3
    • Oct. 2012: Illustrations
    • Dec. 2012
    • Spring 2013: Part 1
    • Spring 2013: Part 2
    • Summer 2013
    • Dec. 2013: Part 1
    • Dec. 2013: Part 2
    • Summer 2014: Part 1
    • Summer 2014: Part 2
    • Wendish in Azteks' Military Equipment
    • America and Northern Africa
    • Wends in Roman Tres Galliae
  • History
    • EUROPE'S PRE-COLUMBIAN LINGUISTIC CONNECTION TO AMERICA >
      • Part 1: Introduction
      • Part 2: True & False
      • Part 3: Wendish in Babylon
      • Part 4: Wendish in Japan
      • Part 5: Illyrians and Migmaqs
      • Part 6: Parallel Histories
  • Language
    • Wendish in European Languages >
      • Wendish in English
      • Wendish in German
      • Wendish in Scandinavian
      • Wendish in Old Norse in the Context of Native North American Languages
      • Wendish in The Gallic of Ancient Gaul
      • Wendish in Latin >
        • Introduction
        • Wendish in Latin: Word List 1
        • Wendish in Latin: Word List 2
        • Wendish in Latin: Word List 3
    • Wendish in Japan >
      • Introduction
      • Wendish in Japanese: Word List
      • Wendish in Ainu
    • Wendish Words in American Languages >
      • Wendish in Micmag
      • Wendish in Cree
      • Wendish in Abenaki
      • Wendish in Aztec
    • coming soon... >
      • Wendish in Spanish
      • Wendish in Algonquin
  • Religion
  • Sources
    • Introductory Notes
    • Modern Texts
    • Historical Texts
    • Dictionaries
    • Anecdotal
  • Contact

Latest Updates

Wends, Winds, Gauls, and Celts

  • February 2020: added Wendish in The Gallic of Ancient Gaul
  • January 2020: added Table of Contents.
  • April 2016: Wendish in Aztec
  • February 2016: Wends in Roman Tres Galliae
  • February 2016: Wendish in Abenaki
The Celts inhabited most of Europe in pre-Roman times.

The Roman's name for the Celts was “Galli” or “Galati” (Gauls).

Some Celts chose to call themselves Wends, and others chose to call themselves Winds, using two Celtic words: Vidi (seers) or Vedi (scholars), respectively.

Both were also known by names which combined the above with that of their chief god, the Sun (Sol), hence Solwinds and Solwends.

All spoke the same Celtic language.

So, for example, the Celtic tribe in Carinthia called itself the Solwinds, while those in modern Slovenia and Sweden chose Solwends. But both were part of the same Celtic culture, worshipped the same gods, and spoke the same language.

It is this website's main purpose to present evidence proving that Wendish, as spoken by Solwends, the modern Slovenes, is the closest surviving relative of that ancient, pre-Roman Celtic language.

Its second purpose is to provide evidence of a Celtic presence in the pre-Christian world far beyond Europe.



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