however, modern historians and archaeologists debate this, citing the probable Slavic origins of the name Samo among other supporting factors.
Samo is derived from Germanic language :same = M.E. (Old Saxon), O.N. samr,sami Goth. sama. German language Samen (Semen)= English seeds.
Other samples; Samland , Prussia, Sami or Lapps in northern Europe etc.
- That is one theory. Since at least the 1970s, there has been a lot of scholarly debate on this. There may be no relation at all to the German Samen. Sometimes words in different languages are identical, but may not be related. One of the leaders of the "Samo was a Slav" argument is in fact a German scholar.
The Slavs who came into Germania also took over many German/ic words and often adapted them.
Krol for example means king in Slavic. It is derived from Karol(us) ,king/emperor Karl der Grosse or Charlemagne, who ruled over the land. H. Jonat
Samo ruled teritories probably more souh from Moravia, soem say that he ruled Pannonia.
However it would worth mentioning later state of Great Moravia, which was destroyed by Hungarians, and which destrouction allowed to creating states of Poland and Czech
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