John Fraser (Celticist)

John Fraser (1882 – 18 May 1945) was Jesus Professor of Celtic at the University of Oxford.

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"The significance attached to the fact that the Indogermans were acquainted with the horse . . . may have been exaggerated. We do not know the precise meaning of the Indogermanic words in question; we do not know whether they mean the domesticated or the wild animals." ... "it is difficult to see how these names can be safely used for determining the original home of the Indogermans"."