Re: [tied] The Scythians of Dobrudja

--- Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

>
> KANIT. This must be the otherwise attested Scythian
> name <kanite:s> (Greek spelling, cf. RV kani:ta-),
> which I think derives from Iranian *kan- 'desire,
> choose'./etc. cut for economy/

****GK: Interesting guesses. BTW a sort of "combined
name" viz., KANIT-SAR, appears in the 944 Treaty
between Kyiv and Constantinople, where the gentleman
acts as the diplomatic representative of Princess
Predslava.****




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