From: david_russell_watson
Message: 57703
Date: 2008-04-20
>Which encoding do I use to view these words properly?
> I have previously stated that Aikio's pre-north-Saami substrate
> was Baltic. According to his data,
>
> sieðgavaššu (AA) siedhga-vas^s^u
> "willow-thicket" ; "bosquet de saules" < pre-S *selika:-widsu
> => Pok 879 *âs°likâ. Cf. English sallow.
> => Pok 1177 *âwidhu. Cf. English wood.
>
> Apparently, Ruki operated before Satem,
> at least in the north-Baltic substrate of Saami.
> This word is Ruki but not Satem.