Re: Nori

> > BTW norsk "Norwegian" is supposedly from ON norðrænn, which goes
> > back to ON norð-r "north", which contains the root *nr.- "down,
> > below", which doesn't make much sense.
> >
> > Now consider this proposal:

*nor-ter- > norther- "at the Nori"
*ost-ter- > easter- "at the Aestii"
*we(n)s-ter- > wester- "at the Wends"
*su:-ter- > souther- "at the Sueui"

cf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aestii
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Strabo/4D*.html
search ' os'.

> > which might have made sense seen from Denmark at some time.
> > Comments?

> Supposedly "down, below" in the sense of "sundown", i.e.
> "darkness" --at least this is one of the things bandied about

I don't know about your country, but here the sun goes down in the
west ;-) I'm not convinced.

Torsten