The four compass directions North, East, South, West are derived from old foreign words. Can you match up the original meanings with the compass directions: A – Indoeuropean wes = sun goes ‘down’; B - Italian nerto = ‘to the left’ as one faces the sun; C – German suntha = region in which the ‘sun’ appears in the northern hemisphere; D – Indoeuropean aus = sun ‘rises’. ANSWER: A = west; B = north; C = south; D = east.
Posted on: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 04:10:38 +0000