Re: A drive through western Livonia


J. Anderson wrote:

> Hui will tell you that the Cours were not the brothers of the Livs.

Don't presume to tell me what ot what not I will say, ander-hole.

> I've
> seen both claims: that they were Balts and that they were Finnic. It's hard
> to tell, obviously.

Only for foreigners from brussels like yourself.

> Everybody seems to interpret what little we know just
> the way that it supports his or her premeditated conclusions.

Yes. But you make your interpretations based on ignorance as a
foreigner who makes an avocation of attempting to lie about the
Baltics. That's the difference.

> In any case, the words you mentioned are in modern Finnish: laiva,

Wrong, ander-hole-man. "Laiva" is a Latvian/Baltic word.
"Laiva - boat"

> purje and
> kataja (in Estonian: laev, puri and kadakas). Since the Finnics were more
> 'coastal' than the Balts, perhaps laiva/s and bure/bura more naturally would
> have come from their language/s to Lithuanian and Latvian than the other way
> around.

Wrong again; "Buras - sail - a sailing vessel..etc"
It is imbecilic to think that forest dwelling Finns would have used
sailing vessels in their native small streams.

'Buras' is also an original Baltic word - not Finn-Ugric.

Profoundly stupid on your part. The Finns only arrived at the Baltic
Sea very late; probably ca 600ad. The Balts were seafarers since at
least 2500BC.

> It would be interesting to know what words the Old Prussians used
> for boat and sail. If they were totally different, I'd consider the case
> solved.

Consider it solved already, imbecile.

> Let's see if we can discuss this undoubtedly Balt-related topic without
> insane interference from General Nuisance.
> Regards, John

Go back to helsinki and germany and new york - where you came from.
You are out of your depth in daring to comment on anything that deals
with us.

.

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