Re: OCS 'dovesti'

>
> *****GK: In Ukrainian the verbs "dovesty" "dovodyty"
> mean both "to prove" and "to bring (to an end, to a
> planned locus of arrival). "Vesty" also means "to give
> a ride to" or "to lead" (along with "vodyty" for the
> latter. "Vodij" means "driver". Besides the prefix
> "do" we have similar terms with prefixes "po" and
> "za". I wonder if this "vodyty" is related to Latin
> vadere?****
>

Most people don't connect the two; I do, but the comparisons I make
is too long-range for most people's taste. Judge for yourself

http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/wd.html
http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/wdH.html

the connection between 'weater' and 'transport'; we might want to add
this one

http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/wgH.html

The spooky thing is that all three roots are among the five or six
roots that are agreed to have been borrowed from IndoEuropean already
in Proto-FinnoUgric. Some early water-transport revolution?

Torsten