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[Anna Frajlich-Zajac]

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On Jan 1, 2010, at 7:57 PM, greniers at GEORGETOWN.EDU wrote:

> With all respect to the Russian saying "'khudozhnik' ot slova  
> 'khudo'", xudožnik is actually not derived from xudo.  It is formed  
> from an archaic adjective xudog- 'skillful', well-attested in Old  
> Church Slavonic and Old East Slavic, which was borrowed from Gothic  
> *handags 'skilled' (cognate with English hand, handy).  By  
> contrast, xudoj is an inherited (Proto-Slavic) lexeme *ksoud-,  
> cognate with words in Sanskrit and Greek that convey negative  
> evaluations.  The association between 'thinness' and 'starving  
> artists' is a charming folk etymology.
>
> Daniel E. Collins
>
> Thank you for the enlightening etymologies!  "Xudozhnik ot slova  
> xudo" is not said about starving artists, however, but of "bad  
> artists." As far as I remember, it was used by various teachers to  
> speak of misbehaving pupils as well as by Soviet newspapers to  
> speak of "politically incorrect" artists.  I may be wrong in my  
> memories, and would welcome others' opinions.
>
> Svetlana Grenier
>
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