List of Medieval Slavic Tribes - West Slavs

West Slavs

  • Glopeanie, ancestors of Poles
  • Hevelli, ancestors of Germans
  • Lendians, ancestors of Poles
  • Lugii (Slavo-Germanic)
  • Milceni, ancestors of Germans and Sorbs
  • Mazurs, ancestors of Poles and Germans
  • Obotrites, ancestors of Germans
  • Pomeranians, ancestors of Germans, Kashubians, and Slowinzen
  • Polabians, ancestors of Germans
  • Polans (western), ancestors of Poles (never mentioned)
  • Pyritzans, ancestors of Germans
  • Rani, ancestors of Germans
  • Slovenes, same as the Slovaks during the early Middle Ages, as well as the Novgorod Slovenians, in the extreme north
  • Ślężanie, ancestors of Poles and Silesian Germans
  • Sorbs same as White Serbs
  • Veleti, ancestors of Germans
  • Vistulans, ancestors of Poles (identified with White Croats)
  • Volinians, branch of the Volynians in Pomerania, ancestors of Germans
  • White Croats, ancestors of Croats, Poles and Ukrainians
  • White Serbs, ancestors of Serbs, Sorbs and Germans

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