basic vocabulary borrowing (was: IE "Urheimat" and evidence from Uralic linguistics)

[Stefan Georg]

>Kinship terms can become subject to borrowing in situations where
>intercultural marriages between two language groups are common. This
>probably explains the loaning of such words as e.g. Finnish äiti 'mother'
>(< Germ.), morsian 'bride' (< Balt.),

sisar 'sister' (I can't quite recall
>the precise IE source of this one at the moment)

without having checked, I'd opt for Baltic (cf. Lith. sesuo, G. sesers)

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