Etymology of zabyt'

[Ruby J. Jones]

If you look at the usage of the 'za-' meaning "directionality of action,
movement beyond some kind of limits (or boundary), somewhere far away"
(направленность действия, движения за какие-л. пределы, куда-л. далеко--
Большой толковый словарь русского языка), you can make a case for the
knowledge still being in your brain, but somewhere far away from you
conscious control, and therefore not retrievable.
    I know that's a long sentence, but does this work for you?
Anyone with any other comments (or corrections?), please feel free to jump
in.

Ruby J. Jones
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas 78713
(512) 471-3607 [work] / (512) 441-1277 [home]
rubyj at mail.utexas.edu
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From: "Paul B. Gallagher" <paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM>
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Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Etymology of zabyt'


> Subhash.Jaireth at GA.GOV.AU wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I was wondering if someone can help me with the etymology of the word
>> zabyt'
>> (to forget)? Can I interpret the word as za-byt' where byt' stands for to
>> be?
>
> You can query Max Vasmer's etymological dictionary online at
> <http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/main.cgi?flags=wygtmnl> (click "query").
>
> But all it says is this:
>
> Word: забы́ть,
>
> Near etymology: ср. польск. (стар.) zabywać "забывать"; см. Брюкнер 52. Из
> за- и быть
>
> Trubachev's comments: [сюда же укр. забу́ти. -- Т.]
>
>
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