Re: oldest places- and watername in Scandinavia

--- On Sun, 11/9/08, Brian M. Scott <BMScott@...> wrote:

> Or early (but post-Grimm) borrowings from Latin (probably
> *punda 'pound', *katilaz 'kettle', the
> *kaup- family), or
> the pre-Grimm borrowing *paido: 'cloak' (cf. Gk.
> <baíte:> 'a
> shepherd's cloak') from some eastern language.
>
> Brian

Would this be the same word as Spanish bata "robe, nightgown" via Arabic? Is it originally from Persian?