Piotr wrote:

>Here are a few more examples. You can identify the Germanic source as an
>exercise.

I sort of can.

> Social institutions and government: airut 'messenger', hallita 'to
>govern', laina 'loan', toumita 'to judge', kartano 'estate, manor'.
>
> Tools and technical terms: saha 'saw', lukko 'lock', kaira 'auger',
>ansas 'beam', terwa 'tar', mitta 'measure'.

I think "saw" is so,g (f.)
Also Old Germanic *ansaz.
How do you distinguish between OLd Nordic and Old Germanic as sources ?

>
> Housekeeping and husbandry: leipä 'bread', saippua 'soap', tupa 'living
>room', lattia 'floor', pelto 'field', kana 'hen'.
>
> Miscellaneous: tauti 'sickness', parta 'beard', kulta 'gold', perjantai
>'Friday', ruoste 'rust', rauma 'straits'.

"beard" is barð.
You may already have recognized the word for "Friday" in
the list I sent. Tuesday and Saturday are there as well.

>Archaic Germanic loans in Saami also exist (e.g. awjo 'island'),
>but are definitely fewer than those in Finnish.

Well, I find that "Lapp" language has taken up around 831 words
from Norwegian, whereas "Finska" has *only* taken up 426 words
from North Germanic. So that is almost twice as many !
But I don't know how accurately you can date word takeovers
when languages are in continual contact.

Best regards
Keth

>Looking it up, I find, then, 426 (for hundred and twenty
>six) borrowings from North Germanic into Finnish. The list
>includes such well known words as:
>
>(extract from list)
>
>arðr
>austr
>bátr
>barn
>blót
>bukkr
>dreki
>dróttinn
>dvergr
>embætti
>flugdréki
>frjádagr
>hjálmr
>hraunn
>hvalr
>jól
>kaup
>kefli
>kellari
>ketill
>kjalki
>Laufey
>laugardagr
>laukr
>leikr (1)
>markaðr
>merr
>nafarr
>nagli
>nál (1)
>naut
>ríkr
>rugr
>ryðja
>sápa
>sárr
>saumr
>saxar
>segl
>serkr (1)
>signa
>síld
>silki
>snoeri
>sokkr
>stofa
>stokkr
>stríð
>stro,nd
>stýri
>sveinn
>svinnr
>tak
>teikn
>teinn
>tjald
>torf
>torg
>troll
>trumba
>tún
>Týr
>týsdagr
>þollr
>Þórr
>þorskr
>vaðr
>vín
>vindr
>vo,ttr
>o,ndurr
>