in differentiating German from Germanic or
differentiating Turkish and Turkic.[33] German scholar Martin Kummel also argues the
same distinction of Iranian from Iranic.[34]
History and settlement
Indo-European roots
Main articles: Indo-Iranians and Proto-Indo-Europeans
Early Indo-European migrations from the Pontic
steppes and across Central Asia.
Proto-Indo-Iranians
Archaeological cultures associated with Indo-
Iranian migrations (after EIEC). The Andronovo, BMAC and Yaz cultures have often been
associated with it. The GGC (Swat), Cemetery H, Copper Hoard and PGW cultures are
candidates for the same associations.
The Proto-Indo-Iranians are commonly identified with the Sintashta culture and the
subsequent Andronovo culture within the broader Andronovo horizon, and their