 According to Šafárik, the word "Liakh" has its origin in a generic name, "Lech", deriving from a Slavic word for furrow, trough, or field.According to Pyotr Lavrovsky, the contemporary "я" in the word "Liakh" ("лях") replaced a former nasal "ѧ" (, "en").He links "лѧх" with "лѧдина" (hence Lendians) which in Russian means clearing or pochinok (type of a settlement).