Iapydes-an-unknown-people-Turkic-yabi-yabit

Iapydes-Iapodes-Greek Ἰάποδες- 

 

A people called Iapydes came to Italy in 9th C. BC.

Origin unknown. 

wiki says: "They cultivated chiefly cereals and grapes, and kept varied cattle. Their early metallurgy developed a half millennium before Celtic influence that induced here minor modifications. Their society was simple including warriors, villagers, herdsmen, miners, and metalworkers. In that early phase neither leaders nor elite were indicated, and these independent Iapydes had no detectable collective political organisation. Under the Romans, a Romanized elite emerged, led by the praepositus Iapodum installed by Romans."

Language unknown.

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Religion unknown. 

BUT 

"They worshiped the holy horse as their tribal totem".

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Now it is my turn:

YABI means "horse" in Old Turkic and YABIT would be "horses" (-t plural affix).

Some researchers think that the Turkic word YABI/YABU is the origin of Greek HIPPO. I think it is not a bad idea.

An explanation about their origin?

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Other peoples with similar names and their origins?

> IAZYGES

> IAPYGES

By Uzunbacak Adem