Piast was the eponymous founder of the Piast dynasty. What does “Piast” mean though?
Changing of the guard
Who knows but how about pierwiasty or Pierwiast > Piast?
That is Pierv-iest or the “First-One Is”.
But then there is also the Latinization of that name by Gallus Anonymous into Pazt or Past. Next time let’s take a look at that with the language of the Gallus Chronicle.
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