Pomesanians

The Pomesanians were a Baltic people who manage to survive long enough to have a written evidence of their language composed (the so-called “Prussian Enchiridion”).  They lived just east of the Vistula:

pamez

The name comes from pomedien which in Prussian meant “beyond the trees” (the prefix -po serving the same function as in Slavic languages, i.e., as “after”).  Nevertheless, the name became Pomezania.

Now, here is a map of Tuscany from the 16th century (Ortellius) with a Pomezano in Tuscany.  Some other names there are also interesting.  And we have not gotten to the Appenines yet.

pomez

Incidentally, the -mezano may refer to Massa a town downstream the Versilia river.  Of course, this suggests that a construct of po- plus name existed in Italy just as it did in Slavic countries.

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June 25, 2016

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