Uralic Loanbwords in Germanic (was: * Re: Push (3))

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Arnaud Fournet" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:

> If Proto-Germanic has more Uralic LWs than Balto-Slavic does,
> What was the position of these sub-families at that time ?
> Do you seriously think Balto-Slavic originally was more eastern than
> Germanic but did not receive any LWs ?
> Your theory is not even coherent.

I will pedantically point out that Uralic actually extends further
West than does Balto-Slavic.

More seriously, Uralic currently borders Germanic on the *North*
rather than the East. Whether this border was significant for
Proto-Germanic may be another matter - it doesn't look settled to me.

Richard.