Tushen tarihin Yaren mutanen Poland ana iya samo su zuwa zamanin da, lokacin da ƙasar Poland ta yau ta kasance da ƙabilu daban-daban da suka haɗa da Celts, Scythians, dangin Jamus, Sarmatians, Slavs da Balts.Duk da haka, Lechites na Yammacin Slavic, kakannin kakanni na kabilanci, sun kafa matsuguni na dindindin a cikin ƙasashen Poland a lokacin Tsakiyar Tsakiyar Tsakiya.Lechitic Western Polans, ƙabilar da sunanta ke nufin "mutanen da ke zaune a fili", sun mamaye yankin kuma sun ba Poland - wacce ke a yankin Arewa ta Tsakiyar Turai - sunanta.A cewar almara na Slav, ’yan’uwan Lech, Czech, da Rus suna farauta tare sa’ad da kowannensu ya nufi wata hanya dabam inda daga baya za su zauna kuma su kafa ƙabilarsu.Czech ya tafi yamma, Rus zuwa gabas yayin da Lech ya tafi arewa.A can, Lech ya hango wata kyakkyawar farar gaggafa mai tsananin zafi da karewa ga 'ya'yanta.Bayan wannan tsuntsu mai ban al'ajabi wanda ya shimfiɗa fuka-fukinsa, ya bayyana ja-janayen rana kuma Lech ya yi tunanin cewa wannan alama ce ta zama a wannan wuri wanda ya kira Gniezno.Gniezno shine babban birnin Poland na farko kuma sunan yana nufin "gida" ko "gida" yayin da farar mikiya ta tsaya a matsayin alamar iko da girman kai.