Wends

Wends

!The [Limes Saxoniae border between the Saxons and the Lechites Obotrites, established about 810 in present-day Schleswig-Holstein](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Limes.saxoniae.wmt.png/250px-Limes.saxoniae.wmt.png)

Wends

!Germaniae veteris typus (Old Germany). [Aestui, Venedi, Gythones and Ingaevones are visible on the right upper corner of the map. Edited by Willem and Joan Blaeu, 1645.](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Blaeu1645-Germaniaeveteristypus.jpg/250px-Blaeu1645-Germaniaeveteristypus.jpg)

Wends

In German-speaking Europe during the Middle Ages, the term "Wends" was interpreted as synonymous with "Slavs" and sporadically used in literature to refer to West Slavs and South Slavs living within the Holy Roman Empire. The name has possibly survived in Finnic languages (Finnish: Venäjä [ˈʋenæjæ]; Estonian: Vene [ˈvene]; Karelian: Veneä), denoting modern Russia.

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