Finnish scholars also indicate that Latvian had extensive contacts with Livonian, and, to a lesser extent, to Estonian and South Estonian. Therefore, this contact accounts for the number of Finnic hydronyms in Lithuania and Latvia that increase in a northwards direction.
Finnish scholars also indicate that Latvian had extensive contacts with Livonian and to a lesser extent to Estonian and South Estonian Therefore this contact accounts for the number of Finnic hydronyms in Lithuania and Latvia that increase in a northwards direction