Re: s->h

"Dušan Vukotić" <dusan.vukotic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote...

I would like to here from the high educated people on sci.lang, what
is connection (if any) among Spanish 'pasado', Serbian
'pohoditi' (poći. pošao; set off, go off, post off),
'pozada' (behind), 'pozadina' (background) and English 'past' and
'post'?

As would be obvious to anyone with even the slightest familiarity with Serbian or any other Slavic language (a group which doesn't include DV, obviously), pohoditi, pozada, and pozadina all involve the common Slavic prefix "po-" combined with three of the most common words in the language.

Post = mail and post = job and post = pile of paper come from Latin ponere, from po-sinere. The prefix (only) here is indeed cognate with the one in Slavic. The other two words "post" in English aren't cognate.

I suspect pasada and past (latin passere) may have some connection with Serbian put road, way, (from PIE *pent-, find one's way, cognate with English find) but haven't worked this through. Certainly nothing to do with pohoditi, pozada, etc.

John.

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    ... As would be obvious to anyone with even the slightest familiarity with Serbian or any other Slavic language, pohoditi, pozada, and pozadina all involve the common Slavic prefix "po-" combined with three of the most common words in the language. ... The prefix here is indeed cognate with the one in Slavic. ...
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  • Re: s->h
    ... Serbian or any other Slavic language (a group which doesn't include ... DV, obviously), pohoditi, pozada, and pozadina all involve the common ... Slavic prefix "po-" combined with three of the most common words in ...
    (sci.lang)