Re: [tied] slavic "voda"

Miguel Carrasquer wrote:

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> The Slavic word is a compund of *voj- (OCS vojI, voinU "soldier", pl.
> vo(j)i; vojI-na "war") and *voda, a masculine a:-stem deverbal noun
> from the root *ved- (inf. vesti) "to lead". The meaning is thus
> "leader of troops", cf. OHG heri-zogo > Herzog, Latin dux
> [exercitu:s] > duke.
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> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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and what about Germanic "Wodan"?