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From: hubey@pegasus.montclair.edu (H. M. Hubey)
Subject: Re: What are Scythians?
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Date: Fri, 25 Nov 1994 11:13:46 GMT
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mcv@inter.NL.net (Miguel Carrasquer) writes:


>I think Mallory mentions the fact that (wild) horses might be native
>to Central-Northern Europe as well.  This could explain the different
>words used for the horse: *marko- for the local variety, *ekwo- for
>the (domesticated) steppe horse.  In any case, the use of the horse

It's kind of flimsy. Here are word for horse in Altaic; at (Turkish),
mal [thought to be original Altaic], alasha [in some Turkish dialects].
That's three.

Besides, I think wild horse bones [probably eaten as food] was found
as far south as the Middle East. I can't remember the author. I think
it had a Russian name.


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						-- Mark---
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where we still find it used in deductive methods, is an illusion. Hilbert,1925
