Indo-Aryan common ancestors

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О�етины �ланы - YouTube

О�етины �ланы - YouTube

Name: Ossetians Alan

The various forms of Alan — Greek: Αλανοί, Αλαννοί; Chinese: 阿蘭聊 Alanliao (Pinyin) in the 2nd century, 阿蘭 Alan (Pinyin) in the 3rd century. — and Iron (a self-designation of the Alans' modern Ossetian descendants, indicating early tribal self-designation) are dialectical forms of Aryan.
These and other variants of Aryan, were common self-designations of the Indo-Aryan peoples to
whom the Alans belonged.

Alans in Europe

Some historians argue that the arrival of the Huns on the European steppe forced a portion of Alans previously living there to move northwest into the land of Venedes, to become the precursors of historic Slav nations http://youtu.be/dW6WvZE-RYA

In the Book of Jubilees, it is mentioned as being part of the border, beginning with its easternmost point up to its mouth, between the allotments of sons of Noah, that of Japheth to the north and that of Shem to the south. During the times of the old Scythians it was known in Greek as the Tanaïs (Τάναϊς) and has been a major trading route ever since. Tanais appears in ancient Greek sources as both the name of the river and of a city on it, situated in the Maeotian marshes.

The current name derives from Scythian (East Āryan) Dānu "river", akin to Ossetic don "river", and Pashto dand (ډنډ) or dun (depending on dialect) "pond, lake". The Khazar fortress of Sarkel used to dominate this point in the Middle Ages.

Jewish historian, Josephus (37–100), who reports in the Jewish Wars (book 7, ch. 8.4) how Alans (whom he calls a "Scythian" tribe) living near the Sea of Azov (Sea of Ashkenaz) crossed the Iron Gates to plunder and defeat armies.