Carpați

Romanian

Etymology

Possibly ultimately from the name of a Dacian tribe, the Carpi, see Wikipedia, and from Proto-Indo-European root *(s)ker-; see also Carpathians for more information. According to Eichner, possibly from Proto-Albanian *karpātai (“mountanous place”)[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Carpați

  1. Carpathians

References

  1. ^ Eichner, Heiner. 2004. Illyrisch – die unbekannte Sprache [Illyrian – the unknown language]. In: 2004. Die Illyrer, p. 92ff.
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