Comments by "Hookah Smoking Caterpillar" (@TheHookahSmokingCaterpillar) on "Holmgard: The Mysterious Capital of Ancient Russia" video.

@erkkinho Finnish is classified in the Finno-Ugric language group, which is itself a sub-category of the Uralic language group. That a word may be common to two cultures, Finnish and Turkish, does not mean, in this instance, that the Turks settled there, only that a related language, or even a common one, was originally spoken. Turkish is part of the Altaic group of languages, so similarity with a Finno-Ugric language should not be surprising.
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This is one of the best videos I've seen on YT, fascinating, well researched and delivered with aplomb - thank you! One thing that occurs to me, given the apparent scarcity of early Norse religious items, is that it could well be that "Norse" culture was seen as fashionable or appealing in some way, and so copied. Just because you have Norse artefacts doesn't mean you have many Norse. This would mirror a debate in the UK over the extent of Anglo-Saxon migration in the C5 & 6. Could I offer one small pronunciation correction to your otherwise excellent English? The word 'comb' is pronounced " kəʊm " or 'kohm'. The 'b' is not pronounced but the 'm' is extended in length - a bit like 'mm' for expressing agreement or consideration. The pronunciation you used was like the word 'combe', which is Brythonic word for a valley, especially one near the sea.
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@milansimonovic8267 Given it's wide spread usage I'd suggest the word is generally Slavic rather than specific to one particular language. It is found in many languages groups: Serbian is South Slavic, Russian East Slavic. It may be earlier still, ?PIE?, as "Norse" is considered part of the North Germanic language group. Interestingly though, it arrives in English through Old Norse/Danish rather than from German roots, which may suggest a much later origin for the word, ?C7?, maybe.
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@comment6864 The word 'conflagration' specifically refers to the burning of buildings and/or land - not just the burning of anything. By the very nature of what is burned a 'conflagration' would necessarily be big.
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