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[jdingley at YORKU.CA]

Hi,

My thanks to Jim Augerot for this:
>augerot wrote: > Perhaps these are nouns derived from imperative phrases:
>derzhimorda derzhiderevo come to mind as parallel constructions. Even
>spasibo may be traced back to such a construction.

and to Will Ryan (private communication) who pointed me to the relevant
section in the Academy Grammar, viz. § 469, which gives vertixvostka,
derzhimorda, perekatipole, skopidom, sorvigolova ...

and to Alina Israeli who directed me to the work of Ljiljana Progovac:
http://www.indiana.edu/~sls2006/Handouts/ProgovacSLS.pdf

It would seem that this imperative compounding is unproductive, which
view is supported by vertIshejka > vertOshejka:
http://www.floranimal.ru/pages/animal/v/4672.html
http://www.photodom.com/photo/523015

Vladimir would seem to fall into this category (see Progovac). However,
vladi- must come from the defunct vlasti/vladu, imp. vladi, since it
cannot derive from vladet'/vladeju.

John Dingley

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