Forerunners of today's Slavonic Poles stretched all the way to the River £aba
Elbe), but those largely pacific, non-bellicose tribes of farmers, hunters and gatherers were brutally rolled back by the aggressive, greedy and blood-thristy Krauts. The Polabians, whose name means their land stretched to the Elbe (po £abę), are proof of that. The same goes for the Pomeranians whose name means they lived along the sea (po morze). The German Pommern is merely a translation from the early Slavonic. The names of many localities in Germany east of the Elbe including Zittau (Żitawa) clearly reveal their proto-Polish non-Germanic roots.
Elbe), but those largely pacific, non-bellicose tribes of farmers, hunters and gatherers were brutally rolled back by the aggressive, greedy and blood-thristy Krauts. The Polabians, whose name means their land stretched to the Elbe (po £abę), are proof of that. The same goes for the Pomeranians whose name means they lived along the sea (po morze). The German Pommern is merely a translation from the early Slavonic. The names of many localities in Germany east of the Elbe including Zittau (Żitawa) clearly reveal their proto-Polish non-Germanic roots.