Complex sentence: The etymology of the word "ataman"/ "hetman" is disputed, and there may be more than one independent Germanic and Turkic origins for seemingly cognate forms of the word, all referring to the same concept.
Split into simpler sentences: The etymology of the word "ataman"/ "hetman" is disputed. There may be several independent Germanic and Turkic origins for seemingly cognate forms of the word, all referring to the same concept.