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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> 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?
>

I don't think we tackled it to the ground. There's something not quite
finished looking about that whole wolf/fox/criminal business.


Torsten