Re: [tied] Re: Enclosed Places (was: The unexplained link between G

16-07-03 20:43, alex wrote:

> No. It can be it is simply unrelated one to each other. I am sorry, I
> guess I did not explained you the meaning of "grãdiSte".
> grãdiSte= cf. DEX elevation in the bed of the rivers which appears due
> the change
> of its meander; etym. from Slavic "gradiSte"=fort.

I know what it means, and this metaphoric use of 'embankment' doesn't
strike me as implausible.

> hmmm.. and Slavic "groza" what should mean then? Rom. "groazã"= a very
> big fear.

*groza 'terror' (in East Slavic also 'tempest'), hence *grozInU
'terrible' and *groziti 'threaten'. The word is unrelated to the *gord-
etymon.

Piotr