origin of name 'Lithuania' and 'Latvia'

From: EZ <zvinys@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 05:26:43 -0700 (PDT)

I have never seen this version, but looks possible. What do our
linguists say?

Liel teva -> Lietuva
Liela tevija -> Latvija

"Aisčių metraščio" autorės nuomone, Lietuvos ir Latvijos vardai buvo
du bendriniai žodžiai, reiškiantys "šventa tėviškė" ar "didi
tėviškė" (liel teva, liela tevija),

http://kauno.diena.lt/naujienos/lietuva/pamirsta-istorija-musu-proteviai-sugriove-roma-226702
.

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