Why Do Slovakia & Slovenia Have Such Similar names?

It's time for another video! If you guys haven't realised I've been attempting to make videos more regularly. I'm actually trying to keep to a schedule. The aim is a video on the 5th and 20th of every month. I can't promise I'll be able to stick to it as different videos take a difference amount of time to create. Let's say the 5th and/or 20th of every month? Or just whenever, I don't now. YouTubes hard.

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[NameExplain]

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[bezbotek]

"Slovenka" in Slovak = Slovak woman
"Slovenka" in Slovene =Slovene woman

[miroslavkmetic]

Naši bratje Slovaki, pozdrav iz Slovenije.
Naši bratia Slováci, pozdrav zo Slovinska.
Our brothers Slovaks, greetings from Slovenia.

[juanxd]

When you said "Yugoslavia" the subtitles said "Jesus loves you" LOL

[FishikK]

Slovenian language: Slovenščina

Slovak language: Slovenčina


Now that's what you call confusing.

[retardosaurusrex]

*you called Kosovo a country and said Macedonia*

rip comment section

[nomercyformayhem]

ouh, mentioning both Kosovo and Macedonia, that's a risky move :D

[slovakslovenslovenecsloven]

My countries, my blood, my father is Slovenian and my mother is Slovak, well my mother is Slovenka in every case, greetings from Hungary. 💕

[lukasbelan]

Actualy the problem is that we (slavs) love ourselves (other slavs) but we can't stand being together in one cointry xD

[Kintabl]

It's simple! Old Slovenian word for Slavs was Sloveni (now, Slovani). So, country of Slavs(Sloveni) is Slovenija. Same thing is with Slovaks. We are the only two Slavs tribes that keep original name.

[petermerse]

When you try to explain the similarity between names Slovenia and Slovakia you should really look to history and the answer is obvious and has nothing to do with being part of bigger country.

After the fall of Roman Empire it was the same nation which inhabited whole panonic plain and more (nowadays Slovenia, Hungary, Austria, Croatia and Slovakia). The name Slovenian and Slovakian both derive from "slav" which is old slavic word for "word". Members of the same nation spoke the same language (old slavic) and they understood each other so they called themselves nation of word (slavs). By the way slavic word for the Germans in "Nemci" = the mute nation -> since they did not understand each other.

When Hungarians arrived they settled in Panonic plain (nowdays Hungary) and splitted the slavic nation in two parts (Slovenian and Slovakian) After that both parts of nation lived by itself and developed by itself into two different nations. But since deriving from the same old slavic nation we still have lots in common. From flag, similar language, similar culture and so on.

It is true, that we were both part of bigger countries in history, but it has nothing to do with the name. It has roots thousands years before Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.

[filip]

Hello Slovenia 🇸🇮 people. Greetings from Slovakia🇸🇰 and hello Czech 🇨🇿 people too.

[martinstrausz]

I hate when i am on my holiday and somebody ask me: where you from? me: Slovakia. Random guy: aaah... Slovenia. Me:no, slovakia.

[PkerNoobass]

'Croats' is pronounced 'Crow-ats' rather than 'Crotes'

[MaxwellTornado]

Maybe... MAYBE, it's because they're both Slavic. Hmm? *HMM?!* Seriously, some of these educational channels make videos so pointless it hurts.

[itareadiyo]

the dislikers are serbs who heard the word "Kosovo"

[Gallalad]

*sees you've called Kosovo a country*

Oh man this is gonna be good, let's see how the Serbians take this one

[mate]

To make this shit more intresting Croatia has a region which is called Slavonia.

[Milannove]

Slovenians are good people:) greetings from Slovakia

[AndiKravljaca]

You should add the region of Slavonia to this... It's not its own nation, but it's a recognized region name nonetheless... Meaning that this spaghetti soup of Slovenes, Slavs, Slovaks and so on only gets deeper and deeper :D