Re: [tied] Re: Croatians and the Carpathians

Not impossible as a scenario, but another basic problem with deriving "Hrvat" or "hrvatski" from a hypothetical Slavic term for the Carpathians (borrowed from some local Germani) is that such a term (**xrvaty?) doesn't exists anywhere.

Piotr

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Subject: [tied] Re: Croatians and the Carpathians

How about this: Originally "hrvatski jazyk (jezyk, ezyk?)" 'Carpathian language'. Then (after "Karpaty" is adopted as the Slavic name of the mountains), a back-formation "Hrvat" 'Croat' is made from the now opaque "hrvatski". Torsten