The trace their history to the 6th and 7th-century southwards migration of Slavs. The Serbs, as the other, absorbed and established various states throughout the; Serbian historiography agrees on that the beginning of started with the forming of Serbian statehood in the. In the 19th century, various scholars provided several theories about the origin of the Serb ethnonym.

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Some researchers claimed that the ethnonym, and thereby ethnic origin, dated to ancient history. The theories are based on the presumed connection to various Roman-era ethnonyms (tribes) and toponyms. These theories remain largely unproved and controversial. Serb lands in the in the 9th century, mostly according to.

According to ( DAI, written by the (912-959), the Serbs originated from the ' who lived on the 'other side of Turkey' (name used for ), in the area that they called 'Boiki'. White Serbia bordered to the Franks.

DAI claims that after two brothers inherited the rule from their father, one of them took half of the people and migrated to the (i.e. To the ), which was governed by Emperor (610-641). According to German historian L.

Gebhardi, the two brothers were sons of, the dux (duke) of the. In the, settled first around rivers,, and (in the present-day border region of, and, but also ), and joined with surrounding tribes that came to the Balkans earlier (in the 6th century) and the Paleo-Balkan people. Over time, the South Slavic and mostly Illyrian tribes of this territory mixed with the Serbs and also adopted Serb name as their own.

Another part of the White Serbs did not migrate southwards, but remained in the region. Descendants of these White Serbs are the present day Lusatian Serbs (), who still live in the (Lužica, Lausitz) region of eastern. Unattended install by amit talking cat. There are also opinions that data from 'De administrando imperio' that describes Serb migration to the Balkans is not correct and that Serbs came to the Balkans from lands, together with other. The Emperor (641) transferred a part of the from the ( region) to. There these migrants founded the city of, the name of which gives grounds for supposing that among its founders there were.

The city was also known under names Gordoserbon and Servochoria. Theories [ ] Iranian theory [ ] Theory about origin of the Serb ethnonym assumes that ancient from north (Asiatic Sarmatia) were a () tribe.

The theory subsequently assumes that Alanian Serbi were subdued by the in the 4th century and that they, as part of the Hunnic army, migrated to the western edge of the (in the area of near the river, later designated as in what is now (eastern ) and western ). After the Hunnic leader died (in 453), Alanian Serbi presumably became independent and ruled in the east of the river (in modern-day ) over the local population. Over time, they, it is argued, intermarried with the local of the region, adopted Slavic language, and transferred their name to the Slavs. According to, similar event could occur in the or who settled in the Balkans were Slavs who came from the north and who were ruled by already slavicized.

Narentine State or Pagania in the 9th century, according to. The Narentines were a tribe that occupied an area of southern centered at the river ( Narenta), active in the 9th and 10th centuries, noted as pirates on the. Named Narentani in Venetian sources, Greek sources call them Paganoi, 'pagans', as they were for long pagan, in a time when neighbouring tribes were Christianized. The tribe were fierce enemies of the, having attacked Venetian merchants and clergy passing on the Adriatic, and even raided close to itself, as well as defeated the Doge several times. Venetian–Narentine peace treaties did not last long, as the Narentines quickly returned to piracy.

They were finally defeated in a Venetian crackdown at the turn of the 10th century and disappeared from sources by the 11th century.