Pre-Germanic substrate

Hi, a friend just pointed out this old message from the archives out
to me, and I wanted to know what your current thoughts are, it's
regarding a possible Semitic/Afro-Asiatic substrate in northern
Europe and the British Isles that may be possibly the pre-Celtic and
Germanic languages in these areas maybe as a result of earlier
neolithic settlers from the Near East.

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