etymology of одеяло

[Hugh McLean]

Odejalo, according to Vasmer, comes from the iterative odejat', from 
odet', 'to clothe, put on [clothes], DON [is that related?]. the root 
det', deti, is more complicated, but it is clearly pure Slavic.
> Hi,
>
> In a recent list email someone was talking about their blanket (одеяло). I
> knit for a living, so I often use this vocabulary of knitting too. Does
> anyone know how this word came to be associated with "blanket"? In terms of
> foreign English words appropriated into Russian (i.e. журналист/ка) you can
> see the resemblance between the mother tongue and Russian in the way the
> words sound.Not in this case, though.
>
> I'm wondering what language, if any, одеяло came from; if it is purely
> Russian, what does the root mean? (Russian roots often come from Greek
> rather than Latin, I was told).
>
> Спасибо!
>
> Stephanie
>
> PS: Does anyone else own the *Barron's book of Russian Slang*? I find it an
> entertaining read, if a little biased in terms of vocabulary that
> foreigners, esp Americans, are assumed to want to learn. Everyone always
> wanted to know, when I spoke Russian, if I knew any insulting words or curse
> words. Why this fascination with the obscene?
>
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