Re: [tied] Re: slavic "voda"

Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

> 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

does Slavic render a PIE /e/ in /o/? Or there is an *we:dh eventually?
I could not find the wedh or we:dh in Pokorny on the online version.

Alex