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by seanhunter 696 days ago
The ancient Greek word for "Slave" is δοῦλος, pronounced "doulos". I'm struggling to see how that comes from "Slav". The sources I've looked up say the derivation is uncertain, but noone mentions "Slav" as a possible origin[1]

[1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B4%CE%BF%E1%BF%A6%CE%BB%C... and https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1... for example