Re: [tied] Re: The Normans and their language

João Simões Lopes Filho wrote:

> Does anybody knows the etymology of PANNONIA and MOESIA ?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michal Milewski <milewski@...>
> To: <cybalist@egroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2000 4:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [tied] Re: The Normans and their language
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> > Steve Woodson wrote:
> >
> > > Pannonia at this time wasn't heavily populated. Deserta was often
> used to
> > > describe it, not because it was a desert but because of its low
> population.
> > > Though Slavs lived there they may have been in the minority to the
> Magyars.
> >
> > I'm not sure how the original Magyar nomads were supposed to look like,
> but I would
> > expect that their facial features were different from those of average
> Slavs.
> > However, you will not see the difference when you compare modern
> Hungarians with
> > their Slavic neighbors (e.g. Serbs), which suggests that the admixture of
> Slavic
> > blood was relatively high. Of course, it could happen gradually during the
> last
> > millennium and the effect on the language would be minimal.
> >
> > > Why was their fate different from the others? Christianity. After
> their
> > > defeat at the Lechfeld they converted to Christianity. Stephen was
> crowned king
> > > and had the protection of the Empire.
> >
> > This makes sense. However, the Bulgars also converted to Christianity and
> despite of
> > that they forgot their language.
> >
> > Michal
> >
> >
> >
> > The Bulgars moved into an area more heavily settled, the Balkans, and may
> have been a minority ruling elite, only. Remember that much (most?) of the
> Bulgar people remained along the Volga where they already had a kingdom.

Steve

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