Etymology of zabyt'

[Robert A. Rothstein]

Ruby J. Jones wrote:

> 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.
>

       Cf. the Polish verb for "forget" - zapomniec' - (not to be
confused with Russian _zapomnit'_), which also seems to suggest
something beyond the reach of (retrievable) memory.

Bob Rothstein

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