Omar’s Reviews > Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global > Status Update

Took more than midway through the book but eventually, one encounters Tolkien:

“Smok or Zmij, or Zmei or Zmaj, depending on which Slavic speaking country you happen to be in, is the archetypal serpent, denier-of-life, and any resemblance you may notice to J. R. R Tolkien's dragon Smaug is not coincidental.”