Re: [tied] Re: Baltic

19-06-03 20:28, alex wrote:

> tolgs001 wrote:
>>> are the words Lith. "pamata" and Let. "pamata" compund
>>> words of "pa" +"mati/mata" or they are stand alone words?
>>
>> What does pamata mean?

> curious? guess what:-))
> it means "ground".

Alex, Lith. pamatas and related forms (also in Latvian) mean 'ground' in
the sense 'groundwork, foundation' and are derived from the verb
<matuoti> 'measure'. There's no connection with <pãmânt>, if that's what
you're driving at.

Piotr