 Notable loanwords were borrowed from Greek, Latin, Italian, Persian, Turkish, Hungarian, Russian, and German.It is estimated that there are 900–1,200 Greek, 88–188 German, and an uncertain high number of Turkish and Persian loanwords in modern Serbian.Ancient Greek words in Proto-Slavic are identified through phonetic features, some related to Greek phonetic history, others possibly Scythian-Sarmatian or Gothic mediations.