Re: [tied] Sanskrit to German ?

On 05-03-16 18:44, Daniel J. Milton wrote:

> "Flat" doesn't seem a particularly apt descriptor for Brittany.
> See
> http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImage
> s/images.php3?img_id=15360
>
> But place names wander and spread. Who knows what or where the
> original Llydaw was?

The meaning developed from 'flat/wide expanse' to something more
abstract like 'the Country'. Similarly in Sanskrit: the earth is not
necessarily flat everywhere, but the term <pr.thivi:> must have been
considered apt enough.

Piotr