hanging out

[Marina Leonidovna Levitina]

Here are two more guesses:

1) the word is related to another Russian word, "okolotok". Both might possibly
be related to the preposition "okolo" = "in the viccinity of..."

2) The root might be "kolo", rather than "kol". "Kolo" means "circle".  In this
case, it might also mean being "in the circle of," in the sense of "in the
proximity of" something.

Once again, these are just my guesses.

All the best,

Marina Levitina
Harvard University



Quoting Janneke van de Stadt <Janneke.vandeStadt at WILLIAMS.EDU>:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> Am I right in thinking that "okolachivat'sia" (to hang or lounge about) has
> "kol" (stake, picket), as in "net ni kola ni dvora," (neither house nor
> home) as its main root?  I've tried, unsuccessfully, to find the verb's
> etymology in any of my dictionaries.
>
> Can anyone enlighten me?
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Janneke
>
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