Chościsko

Chościsko (Polish pronunciation: [xɔɕˈtɕiskɔ]) is a legendary figure in a Polish prehistory, father of Piast the Wheelwright, the founder of the Piast dynasty. His name occurs in the first Polish chronicle, Cronicae et gesta ducum sive principum Polonorum^[1] by Gallus Anonymus, where the author refers three times to Piast as the son of Chościsko.

Chościsko's name is probably derived from a simplified pronunciation of the word Hastingsko derived from the term Hasding (meaning long-haired^[2]) which was difficult to pronounce in Old Slavonic. The other analysis suggests that Chościsko's name is probably derived from chost or chwost meaning tail in old Slavic.

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^ [1] Archived 2009-01-25 at the Wayback Machine Excerpts from Gallus Anonymus' chronicle in English
^ Wolfram Herwig, The Roman Empire and its Germanic Peoples, trans.Thomas Dunlap, Berkeley/Los Angeles/London, University of California Press,p.19

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[1] [1] Archived 2009-01-25 at the Wayback Machine Excerpts from Gallus Anonymus' chronicle in English

[2] Wolfram Herwig, The Roman Empire and its Germanic Peoples, trans.Thomas Dunlap, Berkeley/Los Angeles/London, University of California Press,p.19

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v t e Polish legendary rulers
Lech Krak Krak II Wizymir Lech II Wanda Leszko I Leszko II Leszko III Popiel I Popiel II Wysz Chościsko
These rulers supposedly ruled in the Early Middle Ages.

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