39: hun Jan 16, 2016
The word 'hun' can refer to nomadic Asiatic people, the Mongols. As
well, it can refer to Germans in the word wars. This is not a term to
describe a people one is at war with or even simply an enemy. It
derogates selective, and comes from Old English "Hūne" from late of
Middle Iranian origin. The Iranian origin makes sense for the reason
that the term used to mean 'Mongol' was when the Mongols were ravaging
Northern Asia, and contact between Europe and Asia was though Persia
largely.
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