Etymology of zabyt'
Paul B. Gallagher
paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM
Fri Jun 10 16:05:09 UTC 2005
Subhash.Jaireth at GA.GOV.AU wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering if someone can help me with the etymology of the word zabyt'
> (to forget)? Can I interpret the word as za-byt' where byt' stands for to be?
You can query Max Vasmer's etymological dictionary online at
<http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/main.cgi?flags=wygtmnl> (click "query").
But all it says is this:
Word: забы́ть,
Near etymology: ср. польск. (стар.) zabywać "забывать"; см. Брюкнер 52.
Из за- и быть
Trubachev's comments: [сюда же укр. забу́ти. -- Т.]
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Paul B. Gallagher
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