Re: The Thrakoid presence in ancient Ukraine [Was:[tied] Thracian p

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Aigius" <segijus@...> wrote:

> Neuroi are shown as Balts in that map:
> http://www.istorija.net/photos/show-album.asp?

albumid=13&photoid=242

> But ancient name of river Narev was Naura:
> http://www.istorija.net/photos/show-album.asp?

albumid=13&photoid=243

> Lithuanian word NIAURUS, meaning MOROSE, > feminine forms NIAURË,
> NIAURA > river name Niaura (misspeling Naura) > name Niauras >
> plural form Niaurai > Neuroi
> Also, Herodotus about Neuroi: "One, I say, of the rivers which the
> Scythians have is the Ister; and after it the Tyras, which starts
> from the North and begins its course from a large lake which is

the

> boundary between the land of the Scythians and that of the Neuroi."
> So, I think, Neuroi lived between rivers Tyras and Niaura.
> What etymology can be of that Aukhata? Can it be such:
> Lithuanan word AUKA, meaning SACRIFICE, + diminutive suffix - AIT
>
> name Aukaitis > feminine forms Aukaitë and Aukaita > Aukata?
> Regards, Aigius

Herodotus:
"The Neuroi practise the Scythian customs: and one generation before
the expedition of Dareios it so befell them that they were forced to
quit their land altogether by reason of serpents: for their land
produced serpents in vast numbers, and they fell upon them in still
larger numbers from the desert country above their borders; until at
last being hard pressed they left their own land and settled among
the Budinoi."

So, Neuroi had moved from banks of Niaura river to east - to the
land of Budinoi.

Regards, Aigius