Turkic Substrate in English and other Germanic languages

[Proto-Shaman]

Yeah, we already know the typical Uhtred reaction

[Smaug]

Yeah, we already know the typical Uhtred reaction

This will be my reaction for this sort of thread.

[Proto-Shaman]

This will be my reaction for this sort of thread.

What utter baloney.

[Smaug]

What utter baloney.

This thread? Of course. How can a Turkic substratum in English even be possible?

[PlanA]

Kusura bakma nordicism benim icin bir yabancı sözcük'dür. Ben daha cok Turanizme özen veririm.

Tamam, oyleyse Orta Asya ile ilgili konulara daha cok yon ver, Avrupalilari hep bizlerle karisilastirirmis gibi gozuken konulari acmayi birak.

Asya =/= Avrupa.

[Smaug]

Keep this thread in English!

[The Lawspeaker]

Can't think of any actual linguistic influence except 'kebab.'

Turkey cannot into relevance.

I am thinking about Turkish words in Dutch. Sorry.. I don't go much further than kebab. It's one of those "commission a PC-result"- studies that have become so common here in Western Europe.

[Proto-Shaman]

Tamam, oyleyse Orta Asya ile ilgili konulara daha cok yon ver, Avrupalilari hep bizlerle karisilastirirmis gibi gozuken konulari acmayi birak.

Asya =/= Avrupa.

Umarim tarihi bilginiz cok az. Neyse buyurun, tarih boyunca Türklerin yasadiklari bölgeler:





(Avrupa + Asya = AVRASYA!)

Pekiii Baskurt Türkleri genetik bakimindan cogu Avrupalilarin atalari olduklari biliyormuydunuz?

[Proto-Shaman]

How can a Turkic substratum in English even be possible?

From a scientific point of view, of course.

[Anglojew]

It's more likely the Turks absorbed IE words as they moved West and mixed with Iranic peoples than the other way around.