More precisely, the bulk of the citations are from the 14th and
15th centuries. The 13th and 16th centuries are somewhat less
well represented, and there is a handful of citations from the
12th century or earlier. A few citations, mostly early, are from
other parts of the German language area. At the end of the first
millenium, Silesia was inhabited by Slavonic tribes and was part
of Poland. German settlement in the area did not really get
under way until the 12th century. Thus, many of the names show
Slavic influence, especially in the diminutives and pet forms.
The number 14 following the name Paul means that there were 14
instances of this form in the data. I have omitted the number
when a form appeared only once, as is the case with Pauel. The
numbers in the rightmost column are the dates of the citations,
listed in chronological order. In some cases Bahlow gave a range
of dates, e.g., 1337-39, the third date for Paulus; these have
been inserted into the list according to the date at the middle
of the ran