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Where does “horvāts” come from?

horvāts (Latvian) comes from Serbo-Croatian Хр̀ва̄т, from Serbo-Croatian hurva — mountain.

horvāts (Latvian): a Croatian, a man from Croatia or of Croatian...

Definitions

  1. a Croatian, a man from Croatia or of Croatian...

Ancestry of “horvāts”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-CroatianХр̀ва̄тCroat
2Serbo-Croatianhurvamountain

Words derived from “horvāts”

  • horvātisks
  • horvātiete
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