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Turkic origin is not the only possible root - there is also a Scandinavian theory that ties hetman and otaman together (their meaning is similar and at some poi
by sologoub 7y ago
Turkic origin is not the only possible root - there is also a Scandinavian theory that ties hetman and otaman together (their meaning is similar and at some point was used interchangeably) and also a Germanic root.
Source is in Russian (couldn’t find an English one): https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Атаман https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Атаман
- app4soft 7y ago> (couldn’t find an English one) Here are Wikipedia pages in Ukrainian[1] and English[2] [1] https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ataman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ataman
- sologoub 7y agoThanks! Didn’t search hard enough.