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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski > 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
this is why I asked for if this is a compund with the help
of "mata/mati"= to mess.
The connection of "ground" = result of a measured place is so far
from Rom. "pamant" as the Latin "pavimentum".
I will search for the etymology of it just for my simply curiosity.
Alex