Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0012648, Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:42:26 -0400

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Re: pardonner/ perdonner/bzdet/perdet (Greek)
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NABOKV-L writes:
> Interesting--ancient Greek also has two words for the bodily
> function Don discusses: "bdeo," with the same b-d root as the
> Russian bzdet', and "perdomai," with the same root as perdet.

Yes, they are etymologically related, according to Vasmer dictionary:

Long URLs, sorry.

http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=%2Fusr%2Flocal%2Fshare%2Fstarling%2Fmorpho&morpho=1&basename=%5Cusr%5Clocal%5Cshare%5Cstarling%5Cmorpho%5Cvasmer%5Cvasmer&first=1&text_word=%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C&method_word=substring&text_general=&method_general=substring&text_origin=&method_origin=substring&text_trubachev=&method_trubachev=substring&text_editorial=&method_editorial=substring&text_pages=&method_pages=substring&text_any=&method_any=substring&sort=word

http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=%2Fusr%2Flocal%2Fshare%2Fstarling%2Fmorpho&morpho=1&basename=%5Cusr%5Clocal%5Cshare%5Cstarling%5Cmorpho%5Cvasmer%5Cvasmer&first=1&text_word=%D0%B1%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C&method_word=substring&text_general=&method_general=substring&text_origin=&method_origin=substring&text_trubachev=&method_trubachev=substring&text_editorial=&method_editorial=substring&text_pages=&method_pages=substring&text_any=&method_any=substring&sort=word

> Vulgar or not, these are words with a resounding lineage. And
> as far as I know, the two Greek words have never been
> distinguished on the basis of sonicity. I'll have to look into
> this further; we may be able to make a small (but audible)
> contribution to Greek lexicography.
>
> Yours in the cause of disinterested scholarship,
> Mary Bellino
>

Nikita Danilov

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