Origin of SOVREMENNYJ in Russian

[Wayles Browne]

Certainly the parts of the word are so-, vremen-, and -n-yj, but that 
is only one of two ways to do etymology. The other way is to describe 
the history of the word within the language. Using the etymological 
dictionary by Vasmer (Fasmer), I am able to describe the word
obstojatel'stvo in these two ways:
1) made of ob-, stoja-, -tel', -stvo
2) made of ob-, stoja-, -tel', -stvo, appears first in the writings 
of Karamzin, is a calque from German Umstand or French circonstance, 
which are renderings of Latin circumstantia, Greek peristasis

Can anybody give me information of type 2) for sovremennyj?

At 19:10 +0200 7/12/06, Ajda Kljun wrote:
>I know little Russian, but I think the answer is quite clear: so- 
>(equal, of the same), vremenni (adjective of vreme - time). I might 
>be wrong though...
>
>Ajda Kljun
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayles Browne" <ewb2 at CORNELL.EDU>
>To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
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>Subject: [SEELANGS] Origin of SOVREMENNYJ in Russian
>
>>A colleague in comparative literature asked me when the word 
>>SOVREMENNYJ showed up in Russian and where it is from. It is 
>>presumably a calque or loan-translation. Vasmer's etymological 
>>dictionary suggests a Latin or Greek source. Does anyone have more 
>>precise information?
>>--

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Wayles Browne, Assoc. Prof. of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics
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