LL-L "Language contacts" 2003.02.13 (03) [E]

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From: Theo Homan <theohoman at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language contacts" 2003.02.12 (03) [E]

> From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Language contacts
>
> Lowlanders,
>
> Does any of you know if there have been any attempts
> at classifying Middle
> Low Saxon (Low German) loanwords in the Finnic and
> Baltic languages as
> direct and indirect loans?  In other words, has
> anyone tried to separate MLS
> loanwords into direct loans and indirect loans
> (indirect loans supposedly
> having been passed on by Scandinavian)?  If you are
> aware of any relevant
> published studies, I would be grateful to you for
> letting me know about
> them.
>
> Furthermore, are there any specific studies of MLS
> loans in Saami
> ("Lappish") varieties (assumedly all passed on by
> Norwegian, Swedish and
> Finnish, or in some cases perhaps by Karelian and
> Russian)?
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Yes: assumedly.
Some centuries ago the Saami lived (much) more to the
south.
In Finland upptil ab. 1700 the Saami occupied ab. 75%
of the country.

[The roman writings mention 'Fenni' and I assume this
word referred to Saami. But at that time MLS had still
to be born.]

vr. gr. Theo Homan

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