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

S.Tarasovas@... wrote:

> --- 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

mmm.. I guess I mean not *podU but podU an attested word . And the "u"
here should be the short "u" I guess since in my Dictionary is given as
an /u/ with the shortness sign on it