The origin of loan words in estonian (by Huno Rätsep)
High German Russian Swedish
High German loans
486-520 stems
(mid-16th century
onwards)
Russian loans 315-363
stems (14th century
onwards)
Swedish loans
105-148 stems (late
13th century)
Low German Early Germanic Early Baltic
Low German loans
771-850 stems (13th
century onwards)
Early Germanic loans
269-397 stems (up until
the 13th century)
Early Baltic loans
94-156 stems (2nd
millennium BC onwards)