Re: [tied] russian vor [was: IE thematic presents and the origin of

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 40671
Date: 2005-09-26

tgpedersen wrote:

> Why would the Russians borrow a Finnic word for "thief"? And what is
> the connection to "you have become a wolf" etc?

Why do people borrow anything? If the Germanic --> Finnic connection is
tenable, the word seems to be a Northern wanderwort for 'criminal,
outlaw'. We've tackled Germanic *wargaz before, haven't we?

Piotr