Wendic, a. and n.
(ˈwɛndɪk)
Also Windic.
[f. Wend n. + -ic. The form Windic is after G. Winde, var. of Wende Wend. Cf. Windish = Wendish.]
a. adj. Of or pertaining to the Wends. b. n. The language of the Wends, Sorabian. (For a wider use see quot. 1861.)
| 1848 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 1847 267 The Old Slavonic of the Bible and of Nestor, the Russian, Servian, Croatic, and Wendic. 1856 Max Müller in Oxford Ess. i. 14 We know nothing of the Arian race, before it was broken up into different nationalities, such as Indian, German, Greek, Roman, Windic, Teutonic, and Celtic. 1861 ― Lect. Sci. Lang. 186 The fifth branch, which is commonly called Slavonic, I prefer to designate by the name Windic. Ibid. page-heading, Windic class. 1868 Chamb. Encycl. X. 139 Those remnants of the Slavic population of Lusatia who still speak the Wendic tongue. 1883 Morfill Slavonic Lit. ii. 36 The Wendic mountains..are mentioned by the geographer Ptolemy. |