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> our genetic results offer the first concrete clues to the formation of Slavic ancestry—pointing to a likely origin somewhere between the Dniester and Don rive
by dvh 1y ago
> our genetic results offer the first concrete clues to the formation of Slavic ancestry—pointing to a likely origin somewhere between the Dniester and Don rivers
Just like we learned in elementary school, 30 years ago.
- skrebbel 1y ago[flagged]
- Ygg2 1y agoSeeing how word slave is derived from Slavs, the snark is well warranted.
- GalahiSimtam 1y agoFunny they both originated from Sclaveni/Sklabenoi, just one of the tribe of south Slavs. But for the slave trade in middle ages, maybe you guys would call us Slovs (the jury is out on that)
- otabdeveloper4 1y agoThis is the accepted theory, but akshually there is no way from a linguistic standpoint that the "k" between the "s" and "l" would simply appear out of nowhere. The linguistics is impossible. The etymology deriving from σκυλεύω makes more sense.
- quibono 1y agoInteresting, could you expand on this please? What does σκυλεύω mean and how would this transformation work?
- polotics 1y agodispossed ennemy, captured, this makes a lot more sense indeed https://lsj.gr/wiki/%CF%83%CE%BA%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%8D%CF%89 https://lsj.gr/wiki/%CF%83%CE%BA%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%8D%CF%... than the notion "slav" would have somehow evolved "up" linguistically to get a "k" inserted. y'all know languages mellows over time, donty'all?
- adrian_b 1y agoTrue, but there always were people who did not believe this theory, claiming that there is not enough evidence for it. In recent years evidence has been accumulating that this was actually right, like the genetic evidence mentioned in TFA.
- orthoxerox 1y agoReally? I learned the urheimat was between the Vistula and the Dnieper. That's where rivers have predominantly Slavic names: Wieprz, Stokhid, Goryn, Pripyat, Teteriv.