Baltic loanwords in Saami

Authors

BLAŽEK Václav HOFÍRKOVÁ Lucie

Year of publication 2011
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Acta Linguistica Lithuanica
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Field Linguistics
Keywords Baltic; Saami; Balto-Fennic; Fenno-Saamic; Fenno-Volgaic; loanwords; contact
Description In the present article we summarize and evaluate both identified and hypothetical lexemes of Baltic origin in Saami, in a broader context of Fenno-Saamic and Fenno-Volgaic relations. Our conclusion is that c. 8 lexical correspondences between Baltic and Saamic from c. 40 Balto-Fenno-Saamic comparisons are without the Balto-Fennic counterparts. It means, it is probable that ancestors of Balts and ancestors of Saami were in a direct contact at least briefly. The contact territory could be sought in the basin of the Neva river.
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