Re: [tied] Re: Digest Number 335

This is true, but Baltic Finnish borrowed the word from Germanic (< *flauja- 'ship', ON fley, cf. Greek ploîon).

Piotr

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Subject: [tied] Re: Digest Number 335

Lith. lai~vas 'ship' and Latv. laiva 'boatl' are usually etymologized as loans from the Baltic Finnish. ...