Re: HORSA vs. EXWA

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 68866
Date: 2012-03-09

W dniu 2012-03-09 14:03, ufnkex pisze:

> But weren't those steppes a part of the Urheimat of IE speaking
> peoples? Weren't the Iranic-speaking Scythians among the first
> domesticators?

At the time depth we are talking about (ca. 3500 BC if not earlier) it
makes little sense to speak of the Scythians or even Iranians (rather
than their remote linguistic ancestors). But yes, IE presence in the
steppe zone at that time is not seriously questioned by anyone.

Piotr