From: gknysh
Message: 64676
Date: 2009-08-10
>= Germanic spread due to the arrival into Germania in the 1rst c. CE of "Romanized Sarmatian deserters" who had largely forgotten their Iranic speeches, and used "some version of Latin for everyday purposes". (This is what enabled them to become leaders of the Germanic tribes and creators of the genuine Germanic languages.)
> > > > As I announced some weeks ago ..., I realized that whatever
> > > > project Ariovistus / Harjagist had, it was ultimately a
> > > > failure, so it can't have been the real origin of the spread of
> > > > Germanic (the Wetterau traces of Przeworsk disappear).
> > > Therefore I must claim two separate Sarmatian vel sim.
> > > incursions, one into Przeworsk,
> > > one into the Marbod etc complex, which was more successful. > > > > The number of Sarmatisms is acually greater than the number of
> > Celtisms.
> >
>
> > > The quote of Shchukin of Romanized Sarmatians was meant more like
> > > a proof of concept.
> > > "And as described, they [the Kuban burials GK]match perfectly the
> > > 'new' Germanic inhumations graves: plenty of expensive Roman stuff,
> > > cheap local stuff, no other ethnic characteristics (except for
> > > the odd tamga, dragon standard and ring-pommeled sword)."
> > >
> But in a mixed Sarmatian auxiliary detachment they would give up such differences. They might even, given that Yazigian, Roxolanian, Aorsan and Alanic might have developed to a point of total or partial mutual incomprehensibility have switched to some version of Latin for everyday purposes; which would explain the very low number of Iranian loans in Germanic, along with some early Latin loans.
> the odd gakk/tamga, dragon banner or ring-pommeled sword... matches Romanized Sarmatian deserters quite well.