etymology

[David Powelstock]

​Perhaps Vlad. Vlad-ych had an Italian ancestor on his father's side.​...
Cheers,
David P.

On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Alina Israeli <aisrael at american.edu> wrote:

> The rule is probably purely morphological: -a nouns —> -in, consonant
> ending —> -ov. This is the case of Фома, Кузьма, Илья, Лука, Путята,
> Добрыня, all kinds of diminutives Муся (Мусин–Пушкин, and yes, пушка), Вася
> —> Васин, Паша —> Пашин, Сеня —> Сенин, Сёма —> Сёмин, all kinds of other
> -a words: Лапин, Малюгин, Малявин, Зорькин, Зорин etc.




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David Powelstock
Assoc. Prof. of Russian and Comparative Literature
Director, Master of Arts in Comparative Humanities
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA 02453

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