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If you go even further back, it was people from the Caucasus/modern day Ukraine that wiped out the male population of Europe and settled Europe. The same group

If you go even further back, it was people from the Caucasus/modern day Ukraine that wiped out the male population of Europe and settled Europe. The same group of people that also branched off and settled in Iran and India. The speakers of PIE. Fast forward about 2000 years and the Scandinavians went back and assimilated with local tribes to form the Rus.

Bluestein 2y ago
> PIE Proto-Indo European if I am not mistaken.- PS. Now that would have sounded interesting I bet ...
- Tagbert 2y ago
  Various linguists have done reconstructions of what PIE might have sounded like from projecting back through the descendent languages. There are several examples on YouTube. Obviously none of them are 100% accurate but they may capture some of the feel of the language. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCI4Y8VneP0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCI4Y8VneP0
- euroderf 2y ago
  The next stop down the rabbit hole is Indo-Ugric.
  - Bluestein 2y ago
    Oh, grief. Thanks :) PS. "Earlier" or "more basic" than PIE I take it ...
    - euroderf 2y ago
      Sure. Try this video, and its Part 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKZx8dU1clU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKZx8dU1clU