Re: Latin va:gi:na - PIE ?

> I failed to find "löd" i ODS corresponding to Sw löt. But this is
> perhaps a parallel in thought:
>
> 1. löt, betesmark, utjord, i dial. även:;
> liten gräsbevuxen dal mellan åkrar
> (begagnad till bete), fägata o. d., fägård

> Jfr följ. o. -lösa.
>
> 2. löt (hjul-), Schroderus 1639, till
> luta, egentl, etymologiskt identiskt med
> föreg.

That reminds me (cf. the -løse/-lösa placenames) that in some places
in Germany you stopped thing that rotated (mills etc), at times when
Wotan and his wild bunch were expected, or your life was at risk.
Looks like some old religious dispute (sun-worshippers?).


Torsten