On the ethnolinguistic origin of the Meshchera, Pauli Rahkonen had an interesting proposal that might eventually be tested with Bronze Age and Iron Age DNA samples from North-East Europe: The Linguistic Background of the Ancient Meshchera Tribe and Principal Areas of Settlement, FUF (2009) 60:160-200. NOTE. The paper is included in his PhD Dissertation, South-eastern … Continue reading European hydrotoponymy (VIII): Meshchera, a Permian wedge between Volga Finns?