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

>
> Again, the limited geographical distribution of the word makes me

prefer

> the Finnic loan hypothesis to any of those fanciful PIE etymologies,
> which, needless to say, can't all be true.
>

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


Torsten