Re: Lord of the foot at the River

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

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> The connection (also in IE!) between "flat land" and "foot"
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> http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/pd.html
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> on second thought puzzles me. Is there a connection with "lord"
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> http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/pt.html
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> , eg "oppress, dominate"?
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Looked it up in the American Heritage Dictionary. Lo and behold:

Russian <pod> "under"

(to which I'd add Latin <apud> "at" ("chez"))

and recalling that these pieces of land are at the water-side, I'm
back on the River *ap- and its absolutely directional postpositions
again.

And further

Latin
*ped-yor- > peior "worse" ("lower"?)
*ped-samos > pessimus "worst ("lowest"?)

Torsten