>
> >The important thing here was the *oldest*, pre-Ostsiedlung layer
> >of German loanwords in Polish.
>
> I know; yet the beginning of OS is also important, since the
> transition from OHG to MHG was gradual, centuries long - at least
> as far as *vocabulary* is of concern.
The important thing here was the *oldest*, pre-Ostsiedlung layer
of German loanwords in Polish.
****GK:Just out of curiosity:
(1) Is there any information about a similar *oldest* in the Sorbian languages, or in Kashubian (unless the latter is considered a Polish dialect)?
(2) Is there any study of local dialects in the old Polabian areas subsequently Germanized? *****