xudozhnik vs. xudo

[Alina Israeli]

Indeed. To derive "xudozhnik" from "xudo" was always considered a  
pun. The two literary sources where that's been used that come to  
mind are Nosov's "Neznajka" where one of the korotysh characters says  
something like "xudozhnik ot slova xudo" (I do not remember it  
verbatim after so many decades) and Zamjatin's  "Rus'": "smyt' s  
sebja xudozhestva namyt' xoroshestva" (this one must be closer to the  
original).

On Jan 1, 2010, at 6:11 PM, Curt F. Woolhiser wrote:

> As far as I am aware, the word "xudozhnik" is etymologically  
> unrelated to the
> Common Slavic root *xud-.

Alina Israeli
Associate Professor of Russian
LFS, American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave.
Washington DC 20016
(202) 885-2387 	fax (202) 885-1076
aisrael at american.edu





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