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====Borrowing====

All languages [[loanword|borrow words]] from other languages in various contexts. TheyLoanwords areimitate likelythe toform have followedof the lawsdonor oflanguage, theas languagesin fromFinnic which''kuningas'', theyfrom wereProto-Germanic borrowed*''kuningaz'' ('king'), ratherwith thanpossible adaptations to the lawslocal ofphonology, theas borrowingin languageJapanese ''sakkā'', from English ''soccer''.{{dubious|date=January 2020}}At first Thereforesight, studying borrowed words will probablymay mislead the investigator sinceinto theyseeing reflecta thegenetic customsrelationship, ofalthough thethey donorcan language,more whicheasily isbe identified with information on the sourcehistorical stages of both the worddonor and receiver languages.

====Areal diffusion====