Re: Fw: [tied] Latin versus *Proto-Romance

Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

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> Subject: Re: Fw: [tied] Latin versus *Proto-Romance
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>> I thought the various Slavic -oro- / -ra- came from -or-, and not
>> -er- or -ar-?
>
> In fact, Slavic *o and *a developed from earlier *a and *a:. Slavic
> had no segmental contrast between */karl-/ and */korl-/, and the
> latter was the only way of Slavicising Germanic *karl-. Compare
> *walh- --> *volxU (> vlax, volox, vlox)
>
> Piotr

mmm..... and what about "podU" ? ( it should mean "bridge" if I am
properly informed)
Is this an "o" from an *a or *a: too? Or is this a borrowed word into
slavic?

Alex