Re: Re[2]: [tied] Re: root *pVs- for cat

Thanks for this very interesting info, Rick.

Can you say more about what is known about the non-Uralic substrate of Saami?

Max

>From what you say, unless this is a Uralic trait, I
>guess the source was Saami --given that it supposedly
>has a strong non Uralic substrate that is said to
>account for a fourth of its vocabulary. I've wondered
>if there is any substrate lexicon common to both Saami
>and Germanic.