'(Other scholars, though, believe it means "homeland.")' krai means "country", not homeland etymologically speaking, all of these words come from kroiti "to cu

'(Other scholars, though, believe it means "homeland.")' krai means "country", not homeland etymologically speaking, all of these words come from kroiti "to cut" - okraina is literally "the edge resulting from a cut, border" while kraina is literally "cut out piece, area, country"