Etymology

Sarmatia

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Today it means: An ill-defined ancient geographic region of Eastern Europe occupied by the nomadic Sarmatians, generally considered to include modern Ukraine, southern Russia, Belarus, parts of Lithuania as well as Poland as far west as the Vistula River. Full definition →

Latin Sarmatia ← Ancient Greek Σαρματία ← Proto-Indo-Iranian *sárati
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  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sél-e-ti
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranian · derived from*sárati
  3. Ancient Greek · derived fromΣαρματία
  4. Latin · derived fromSarmatia
  5. English todaySarmatia

From Latin Sarmatia, from Ancient Greek Σαρματία (Sarmatía), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sárati, from Proto-Indo-European *sél-e-ti, from *sel- (“to run, flow”), thus meaning "hunters". More at Sarmatians.

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