Editing Carantania (section)

==Origin of the name==
The name ''Carantania'' is of proto-[[Slavic languages|Slavic]] origin. [[Paul the Deacon]] mentions Slavs in "[[Carnuntum]], which is erroneously called Carantanum" (''Carnuntum, quod corrupte vocitant Carantanum'').<ref>Simoniti, Vasko & Peter Štih (1996): ''Slovenska zgodovina do razsvetljenstva''. Klagenfurt: Mohorjeva družba and Korotan.</ref>

A possible etymological explanation is that it may have been formed from a toponymic base ''carant-'' which ultimately derives from pre-[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] root *''karra'' meaning 'rock', or that it is of [[Celtic languages|Celtic]] origin and derived from *''karant-'' meaning 'friend, ally'. Its Slavic name ''{{lang|sla|*korǫtanъ}}'' was adopted from the [[Latin]] *''carantanum''. The toponym ''Carinthia'' (Slovene: {{lang|sl|Koroška}} < [[Proto-Slavic language|Proto-Slavic]] ''*korǫt’ьsko'') is also claimed to be etymologically related, deriving from pre-Slavic *''carantia''.<ref>France Bezlaj, ''Etimološki slovar slovenskega jezika'' (Slovenian [[Etymological dictionary|Etymological Dictionary]]). Vol. 2: K-O / edited by Bogomil Gerlanc. - 1982. p. 68. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, 1976–2005.</ref> In Slovene, ''Korotan'' remained a synonym for both Carinthia and Carantania well into the 19th and early 20th century.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sta.si/2803491/kaj-pomeni-korotan | title=STA: Kaj pomeni Korotan? }}</ref> Nowadays, ''Karantanija'' is used for the early medieval Slavic principality, while ''Koroška'' for the duchy and region that emerged from it from the 10th century onward.

The name, like most toponyms beginning with *''Kar(n)-'' in this area of Europe, are in turn most likely linked to the pre-Roman tribe of the [[Carni]] that once populated the eastern Alps.{{Citation needed|date=March 2018}}