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.