Another serious contribution to Lubes' map is the historical region of Livonia (Latvia and Estonia), the people of which used to be called Lib' by the neighbouring Russians (which is, again, a total confirmation of LUBI ethnonym, given the i-y interchangeability).
The Livonian words are scarce and strongly finnified. But nevertheless, what draws attention right away, are TIKA for 'goat' (tkha in Kartvelian) and TOLA for 'winter' (in Kartvelian 'tovli' is 'snow').
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