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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski
<piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:

> > 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?

>
> I'm not sure what you mean. *podU means 'under'.

Most likely, Alex means *podU 'base' (hence 'storey, floor, tier').

Sergei