Thread:User talk:Rua/lammas

@Rua The 'thanks' was for correcting the lua. Fortunately, the Estonian etymology would not be run through by many people. I was unpleasantly surprised that its author seemed to be ignorant of the fact that Proto-Finnic, or at least, Finn-Ugric has far more franchise as a single language than Proto-Germanic, since the latter is simply formed (as you know) from its core of mezzo-Indo-European (if you like) and the borrowed forms from the substrate language (and dialects) in Scandinavia. Before Celtic had any influence there, it is obvious to most who have studied the ancient languages of Europe that Proto-Finnic was that substrate language and, therefore all the Germanic forms for 'lamb' were in fact derivatives from the substrate root borrowed into Proto-Germanic; whereas the English term is clearly a derivative from the PG form later. Therefore an etymologist can safely assume that: is borrowed from. The same applies, incidentally to Finnish 'flikka' cognate with Swedish 'flicka' ultimately form the root of Old Cornish 'flogh' (child) - not found in the other Celtic dialects. In both of these cases the words are so basic to everyday farm life that borrowing from a more recent cosmopolitan language is inadmissible. Kind regards. 08:47,28th March Andrew (talk)