Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xъrvatъ

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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain. Possibly from the Old Persian [script needed] (*xaraxwat-), attested by the Old Iranian toponym Harahvait-, the native name of Arachosia.

Common theories from the 20th century derive it from an Iranian origin, the root word being a third-century Scytho-Sarmatian form attested in the Tanais Tablets as Χοροάθος (Khoroáthos, alternate forms comprise Khoróatos and Khoroúathos).

Noun[edit]

*xъrvatъ m

  1. Croat

Declension[edit]

Possibly accent paradigm a?

Descendants[edit]