(Clan
Rossi in Elder Futhark)
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The origin
of the surname Rossi is explained as describing a red haired or ruddy
complexioned individual. I believe this
to be incorrect, as did the renowned linguist Dr. Vilhelm Thomsen, who states
in an excerpt from his book cited below:
“In one place he enumerates
the nations that lived above the Greek empire, and among them he also mentions
‘the Russ (Rusii) whom we with another
name called Northmen’’.....Here he uses the same expressions about the Russ,
saying: ‘There is a people living in the North, who from some personal quality
the Greeks call Russii.’”
Dr. Thomsen states in
a footnote that “This remark is founded on a wrong etymology, the name of the
Russ being confounded with the Greek adjective [for] ‘red, red-haired.’”
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Taken from: The
Relations Between Ancient Russia and Scandinavia and The Origin of the Russian
State, Dr. Vilhelm Thomsen, Burt Franklin Publisher, New York, New
York. Page 47 ISBN-10: 0833735330 ISBN-13: 978-0833735331.
To wit: Rossi: An Italian
surname but also from the Greek (Rossos): ethnic name from Rōssos
‘Russian’
Greek (Rossos): ethnic name from Rossos ‘Russian’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN
0-19-508137-4.
The
Rossi surname came into existence as a result of an originally Scandinavian
tribe known historically as the Rus, alternatively Ros, and described by Latin
historical sources as Rossi, Russi, Rusii and the Varangian Rossi. This tribe was also called, variously by the
Byzantine Greeks and contemporary Arabs, the Rus, Ros, Ross, Rusi, or
Rhos. They were comprised initially of
the Eastern Vikings.
Secondary
sources referring to The Rossi:
“…under the dominion of Rurik and his Warjaega Rossi, a Scandinavian tribe to whom this
denomination was given by the Finns.”
RESEARCHES
INTO THE PHYSICAL HISTORY OF MANKIND.
BY JAMES COWLES PRICHARD, M.D., F.R.S., M.R.I.A.
CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRANCE,
MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY,
HONORARY FELLOW OF THE KING'S AND QUEEN'S COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS IN IRELAND.
MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE OF PARIS.
THIRD EDITION. VOL. III. CONTAINING RESEARCHES INTO THE HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN
NATIONS. LONDON: SHERWOOD, GILBERT, AND PIPER. PATEBNOSTER ROW.
1841 Page 409
“…who, as they were conquered, took
the name of Russians, from Rossi, that of the
tribe to which their Scandinavian conquerors belonged/8)”
MEDIEVAL
POPES, EMPERORS, KINGS, AND CRUSADERS;
OR, GERMANY, ITALY AND PALESTINE, FROM A.D. 1125 TO A.D. 1268.
BY MRS. WILLIAM BUSK,
VOL. I. LONDON: HOOKHAM & SONS, OLD BOND STREET.
1854 Page 9
“The Slavi of Novogorod were
completely subjugated by the Varangian Rossi,
and for the first time the name of Russ, or Russian,—probably derived from the
appellation of the conquerors,—appears in history.
THE
CZAR HIS COURT AND PEOPLE: A TOUR IN
NORWAY AND SWEDEN.
JOHN S. MAXWELL. NEW YORK: BAKER AND SCRIBNER,
36 PARK ROW AND 145 NASSAU STREET.
1848. Pages 185 and 186
“…as -with the Teutonic Rossi and the Bulgarians, they denationalize their
conquerors and merge them
into the Slavonic family.”
“The Russians, or Muscovites, belong
to this branch of the Slavonic family, though their name is derived from a
Scandinavian tribe—Rossi—who gave them their
governing family for some centuries.”
THE
RACES THE OLD WORLD. A MANUAL OF ETHNOLOGY. BY CHARLES L. BRACE,
AUTHOR OF "HOME-LIFE IN GERMANY," "NORSE-FOLK," ETC.
LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 1S63. I. J Page 78-79
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“In
the following year, the Rossi, a new tribe of
Scythian warriors, having driven out their predecessors, the Bulgarians, took
possession of their country,,,” “Scarcely had these commotions been
suppressed, when a new war with the Rossi
engaged the attention of the emperor.” “…before the Rossi had recovered from their surprise at his unexpected
appearance…. a part of the Rossi escaped to
the citadel, but they were closely pursued by the…’’ “The Rossi raised
an immense army to avenge their losses…” “The Rossi
fled in confusion, and were pursued with great slaughter.” READINGS
IN BIOGRAPHY. A SELECTION OF THE LIVES OF EMINENT MEN OF ALL NATIONS. |
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Primary Sources
referring to The Rossi:
In George Kedrenos, PG 121, 661-662:
“Timotheus, cognomento Aelurus.” we read:
“Interim quidquid
est intra Euxinum pontum maritimarum regionum, Rossica incursionibus vexabat
atque vastabat classis. Rossi gens est Scythica, ad septentrionalem incolens
Taurum, fera atque immanis.”
Part directly translated from the Latin:
" …… and
ravaged a fleet of a hundred ships. Rossi clan is
Scythica, to septentrionalem to inhabit Taurum , wild
animal and monstrous”
Hakon Stang’s Latin translation:
“Meanwhile all the
maritime regions within the Pontos Euxeinos were plagued and ravaged by the
incursions of the Ros ships. The Ros are a Scythian
people, dwelling in the northern Taurus, savage and monstrous in size.
Patriarch Photius
provides a unique description of the adoption of Christianity by Rus’-Ukraine
in his circular letter written for the eastern bishops in 867:
“The Rossi are known for
their cruelty, as conquerors of neighboring peoples, who in their arrogance
dared to fight the Roman Empire, they have already abandoned superstitions, are
professing Christ and are our friends, even though quite recently they were
implacable enemies. They have already accepted a bishop and a priest from us and
are eager to celebrate Christian divine services.”
From Butler’s Lives
of the Saints:
“In the mean time Ignatius was brought back from Mitylene
to the isle of Terebinthus, about the time that his monasteries with the
neighboring isles were all plundered, and twenty. three of his domestics
massacred by a fleet of a Scythian nation, called
Rossi, or Russians. The pope's two legates being arrived at
Constantinople, Photius and the emperor found means to gain them after they had
long resisted.”
The Rus (Varangian) Origin
of the surname Rossi
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type:
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Lo
there do I see my father,
Lo
there do I see my mother, my sisters and brothers,
Lo
there do I see the line of my people back to the beginning.
Lo,
they do call to me,
They
bid me take my place among them in the halls of Valhalla,
Where
the brave may live forever!
Updated 07/07/07