Re: *dan-

--- In cybalist@egroups.com, "Mark Odegard" <markodegard@...> wrote:

> My earlier post bombed.
>
> Downs suggest horse country, grassy valleys with difficult
> underlayment that make the valley otherwise unsuitable for
> agriculture -- but 100% great for raising horses.
>
> Denmark is a sand-dune blown from the Atlantic, and then, blown the
> other way from the Baltic. As with Himmelberg.
>
> This is not to say that 'dune' and 'Denmark' are etymologically
> related.
>
> Mark.

Himmelbjerg. And Ødegaard means "deserted farm" in Danish. Is this
why you have this detailed knowledge of Danish topography?

Torsten