"According to George Vernadsky, it is a compound, the first component of which (Arcarag-) "must, in any case, be explained by the Ossetian language" because in Ossetian äqäräg means inaudible, quiet, depressed, dumb, while the second (Antes) is identical to Jordanes's and Procopius's form of the name "Anta".According to this interpretation, the Agaragantes would be "mute Anti."