Re: oldest places- and watername in Scandinavia

But when did the Saami arrive in the north Scandinavia?
I suppose that they arrive in the beginning of the era,
from Finnland and originally from the Asia. The arrival is
late, so they cannot make any linguistic influence.


In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...>
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> --- On Sat, 11/8/08, Arnaud Fournet <fournet.arnaud@...> wrote:
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> > From: Arnaud Fournet <fournet.arnaud@...>
> > Subject: Re: [tied] oldest places- and watername in Scandinavia
> > To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Saturday, November 8, 2008, 4:43 PM
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> > From: "Erik Smit"
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> > > It is well known that in Scandinavia there is no
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> > I'm not so sure about this claim.
> > But I suppose Torsten can give insight.
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> The Saami people once reached to S. Scandinavia but I don't if and

how well their substrate show up. They seem to have lived in a
relatively close relationship with the Gmc Scandivians according to
the sagas and there was intermarriage recorded in the sagas

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