Carpathians

English Etymology Borrowed from en la Carpates; compare the Germanic form attested in non Harvaðafjǫll, of which no past or present English counterpart is known (but which may have existed at some stage). Possibly from the name of the Carpi, an ancient, probably Dacian, tribe living in the eastern Carpathian region of what is now Romania and the Moldova region. The name Carpates may ultimately be from the en ine-pro - root ine-pro *(s)ker- (compare sq karpë rock, Aromanian shcarpã, also sla-pro *skala rock, cliff), perhaps via a en xdc - cognate which meant “mountain”, “rock”, or “rugged” (compare gem-pro *skarpaz (whence en sharp), lt kar̃pas cut, hack, notch, lv cìrpt to shear, clip). Compare also archaic pl karpa rugged irregularities, underwater obstacles/rocks, rugged roots or trunks, rm crap stone. Alternatively, the name may come from en ine-pro *kʷerp- to turn (whence ang wharf and grc καρπός wrist), perhaps referring to the way the mountain range bends or veers in an L-shape. According to Eichner and Çabej, it derives from en sqj-pro *karpātai mountanous placeEichner, Heiner. 2004. Illyrisch – die unbekannte Sprache [Illyrian – the unknown language]. In: 2004. Die Illyrer, p. 92ff.Çabej, Eqrem. (1972). Studime Filologjike. universiteti shtetëror i Tiranës. Pronunciation en /kɑː(ɹ)ˈpeɪ.θi.ənz/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Carpathians.wav Southern England Proper noun p A large mountainous system in Central Europe, mainly in Transylvania (Romania) and the Polish (Subcarpathian)-Slovak border region. Synonyms en Carpathian Mountains Related terms en Carpathian Translations mountainous system in Central Europe Albanian: sq Karpatet Arabic: ar كَارْبَات karbāt Armenian: hy Կարպատներ p Azerbaijani: az Karpat Basque: eu Karpatoak Belarusian: be Карпа́ты f-p Bulgarian: bg Карпа̀ти f-p Catalan: ca Carpats m-p Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 喀爾巴阡山脈 Kā'ěrbāqiān shānmài Czech: cs Karpaty p Danish: da Karpaterne p Dutch: nl Karpaten p Estonian: et Karpaadid p Finnish: fi Karpaatit p French: fr Karpatique m, fr Carpates m-p Galician: gl Cárpatos m-p Georgian: ka კარპატები German: de Karpaten f-p Greek: el Καρπάθια n-p Hungarian: hu Kárpátok Irish: ga Sléibhte Cairp m-p Italian: it Carpazi m-p Japanese: ja カルパティア山脈 Karupatia sanmyaku Korean: ko 카르파티아산맥 Latin: la Alpes Bastarnicae p Latvian: lv Karpati m-p Lithuanian: lt Karpatai m-p Macedonian: mk Карпа́ти f-p Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Karpatene p Nynorsk: nn Karpatane p Old Norse: non Harvaðafjǫll n-p Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Карпати m-p Polish: pl Karpaty nv-p Portuguese: pt Cárpatos m-p Romanian: ro Carpați p, ro Munții Carpați m-p Russian: ru Карпа́ты f-p Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Карпати f-p Latin: sh Karpati f-p Slovak: sk Karpaty m-p Slovene: sl Karpaty m-p Spanish: es Cárpatos m-p Swedish: sv Karpaterna p Turkish: tr Karpatlar p Ottoman Turkish: ota قارپاتلر Karpatlar p Ukrainian: uk Карпа́ти f-p Welsh: cy Carpatiau References en Mountain ranges Mountains Czech Republic Europe Hungary Poland Romania Slovakia Ukraine