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]

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Proper noun

Carpați

  1. Carpathians

References
  1. Eichner, Heiner. 2004. Die Illyrer die unbekannte Sprache
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