Re: [tied] Re: *dan-

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 5705
Date: 2001-01-22

The PIE word from which "ford" derives, *prtu-, is related to *per- '(go) through' (and so to Latin porta as well). Slavic *brod-U is from the old Slavic *bred- 'wade, make one's way arduously'.
 
Piotr
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Torsten Pedersen
To: cybalist@egroups.com
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 1:09 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: *dan-

> >
> > True (?). I sometimes wondered about Slavic brod- vs. "ford".
> >
> > Torsten
>
> frod<*p-, brod-<*bh-. Hardly have something in common.

Exactly. We all know that. So why do both mean "ford"?

Torsten