Re: Who were the Aryans?

Jordan179 wrote:

> "Öjevind Lång" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
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> > It probably is. The Swedish word for "king is "king", which is also a
> > Chinese term for "ruler". That doesn't mean that China was founded by
> > Swedes, or vice versa.
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> On the other hand, it's possible that the term was borrowed from one
> language to another. For instance, American history includes
> "admirals," "railroad tycoons," "movie moguls," and "drug czars."
> Terms for leaders seem to be extremely likely to be linguistically
> borrowed, perhaps because elites are more aware of other cultures and
> languages than are masses.

Not to mention that intellectuals find it more palatable to talk about 
and criticize other far-away kings, before they criticize their own.  ;)

So they might be the ones who know the most about other forms of 
leadership, and introduce these words into the popular lexicon.

Hasan