Re: Indo-European for Indo-European

From: S.Kalyanaraman
Message: 25410
Date: 2003-08-29

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Peter P" <no1@...> wrote:> This
brings up a question. What is the etymology of the Swedish
> word 'Finland'? I would guess that it is connected with the
English > word 'fen' meaning bog, but I don't have any evidence.

See phena 'foam, froth, scum' (R.gveda); os sepiae (white cuttle-
fish bone, supposed to be indurated foam of the sea)(Caraka
Samhita_, Samskr.tam): anything to do with 'fen' meaning bog?