1) The dialectal "des" - is, exists; formed from the particle "pe" and the demonstrative pronoun "se," which has undergone reduction, as in the word "os'" (meaning "here"). 2) Shortened from LESLAV (not from Oleksandr, as is commonly believed today). LETYAGA - derived from "netyaha," "petyaha," literally meaning one who constantly changes location, has no dwelling (ESUM. 3. 227); a historical name of a Cossack osavul, a participant in the Ukrainian-Polish war (mentioned in 1633 in the "History of Rus").
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