Talk:Golyad language

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The only reason why Golyads are now pushed to be named as East Galindians is because of idea that was proposed by Gimbutiene.

There is absolutely NO evidence that connects Golyads with Galindians. Unbeknown to most, -gals in Baltic languages, which in Slavic sound as gola - in Latigola has the same meaning as mark, reich or land. Given that Rus were aware about Latigola that was part of Rus then, they would have applied similar name to people, that were claimed their end(literal meaning of gals) or side of *their* land. We do not know what is the name of them - only that it was their land.

Yaeh, it sucks sor some - it is word from Russian sources, but no reason to act like propagandists for this reason. ~2026-17789-65 (talk) 20:30, 25 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

English name Golyad is a borrowing from Russian, but Russian голядь is a learmed borrowing from Old East Slavic голѧдь (golędĭ). They were Balts, so the most probable original form is *Galind-, since Baltic short a was usually adopted as o by Slavs, and in as ę. astrOtuba (talk) 13:05, 14 August 2026 (UTC)Reply