Re: [tied] Romanian Rothacism and the Iranian Influence

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> ****GK: Your hypothesis makes no sense to me. Why
> should Romanian rhotacism derive from Iranians when
> there is no sign of it in Slavic, which had far more
> intense relations with these tribes (up to the
> adoption of the "god" word) than the proto-Romanians?*****
>

George, I don't think that the Slavs around Kiev were in a deep
contact with the Scythians or Sarmatians ...in any case Herodotus (that
talked alot about the peoples of Olbia), Strabo etc...didn't talk at
all about this...