Silingi

Some of the Silingi joined them later.

Before the 5th century, Silesia was probably inhabited by the Germanic Silingi.

The Silingi lived north of the Carpathian Mountains, in what now is Silesia.

They are distinct from the Silingi (Vandals), who are on the upper Oder.

It was used as a place of worship by various people who inhabited the area before the Ślężanie, for example, the Silingi (most likely a Vandal tribe).

Perhaps the Victohali were a part of the Vandals (Vandili), along with the Lacringi, Asdingi, Silingi, Helvecones, and Narharnavales.

During the reign of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, (A.D. 161-180) the Silingi lived in the "Vandal mountains", later part of the former Sudetenland which now is part of the Czech Republic.

The Vandals, Hasdingi and Silingi established themselves in Gallaecia (Northern Portugal and Galicia) and in Southern Spain, following other Germanic and non-Germanic peoples (Visigoths, Alans and Suevi), before moving to North Africa in AD 429.

The Silesians may have been named after the Silingi, though this etymology is disputed, as the Silingi did not inhabit this region, but rather further north-west around the Lusatia region; the word is perhaps derived from a Silesian word meaning "wet swampy place".