What is the possible origin of this word? Can it be related to "сарматы"?
Каково возможное происхождение этого слова? Может ли оно быть связано со словом "сарматы"?
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Каково возможное происхождение этого слова? Может ли оно быть связано со словом "сарматы"?
Origin of this word is unclear. There are many hypothesis.
from ancient Iranian haurvata - guard of cattle (Max Fasmer. Etymological dictionary of the Russian language Макс Фасмер. Этимологический словарь русского языка (1986)
from «корванты, корвенты» - Vent, who lives on the border of the space occupied by the Veneto-Wends (Амплеев И.А. Сербы, хорваты (2006)
In "etymological dictionary of Slavic Languages" (1981) refers to "the full etymological identity" (?!) "харваты" and "сарматы", from Iranian adjective *sarma(n)t / *harva(n)t - «female, full of women» (Амплеев И.А. Сербы, хорваты (2006). But author prejudice this hypothesis.