Re: [tied] Re: slavic "voda"

13-07-03 10:58, 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.

To be more precise, the compound element *-voda is a masculine agent
noun (looking like a feminine, but note Lat. nauta, agricola, etc.)
derived from *vesti (= *ved-ti, cf. 1.sg. *vedo~, etc., iterative
*voditi) 'lead' < *wedH- (see Pokorny #2098). Hence also Slavic *vodjI
'chieftain, leader' (Pol. wódz, Russ. voz^d', etc.). All similarity to
*voda 'water' is purely coincidental.

Piotr