Messapian Personal Anthroponyms

This article follows two previous publications dedicated respectively to the Venetic and Illyrian personal anthroponyms. investigates Messapian anthroponyms from Monumenta Linguae Messapicae. The meaning of their roots was identified by comparing each one them with corresponding lexemes in present surviving Slavic languages. result is that having 52.91%, which permits us estimate period VI I cen. BC roughly 53% population had ascendancies. highlights Slavs were already Europe well before VII A.D. date, according generally accepted theory, Slav late arrival. logical consequence this theory wrong should be rejected.