Re: [tied] Re: slavic "voda"

From: alex
Message: 24470
Date: 2003-07-13

g wrote:
>> Now, is there a coincidence that later the Rom.
>> simplified the slavic word "vojevoda" to the word
>> "voda"
>
> Yes, only a coincidence. (As it is <voda> "water"
> in Cernavodã.) In Romanian, <vodã> means <voevod,
> voivod, voievod> and nothing else.
>
>> Alex
>
> George

For Cernavoda linguists see here a Slavic translation of Blak Water
which became "CernaVoda", and this has nothing with "king" to do, but
with water:-)

Alex