Timeline for Why doesn't Russian have native words beginning with А?
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| Jun 28, 2012 at 20:46 | comment | added | Alenanno | @Anixx Reference for that? | |
| Jun 28, 2012 at 20:35 | comment | added | Anixx | Native words are those inherited from Proto-Indo-European. I see no ground for dispute here, what is borrowed can be clearly determined. | |
| Jun 26, 2012 at 16:05 | comment | added | Alenanno | I actually disagree with what you said. But let's do that for now: agree to disagree; I've seen your point. If I can, I'll take a look at it. | |
| Jun 26, 2012 at 15:31 | comment | added | theUg | 1. From academic point of view, your answer does not hold water, because it is not backed by any sources. It may well be correct, but I may not evaluate it as authoritative. 2. This is Q&A site, not a discussion forum (you, as a moderator, should know that better than anyone). You give broad general observation, not a particular answer to the question posed. 3. Speculative: “but who knows” (used twice). Need I say more? | |
| Jun 26, 2012 at 11:08 | comment | added | Alenanno | @theUg You can down-vote, but it's not speculative. It's exactly how languages work, and that's exactly what a linguist would tell you (I studied Linguistics). | |
| Jun 26, 2012 at 7:14 | comment | added | theUg | Downvoted, speculative. Does not answer the question specifically, too general. | |
| Jun 15, 2012 at 15:08 | comment | added | Alenanno | @VitalyMijiritsky No problem! :P We're here to discuss. :D | |
| Jun 15, 2012 at 15:08 | comment | added | Vitaly Mijiritsky | @Alenanno Yes, of course I meant it for native speakers. And not even all of those, just the language-aware ones. Sorry if it sounded like I'm saying it should be obvious to anyone :) | |
| Jun 15, 2012 at 15:03 | comment | added | Alenanno | @VitalyMijiritsky That's not exact. If you don't know the language or not well enough (in this case russian), you can realize if something is borrowed only using other languages that you know better. You're a native speaker, so it's obvious that you can see it doesn't sound like a native word. My point is, that even those you feel are native, might not be native at all. | |
| Jun 15, 2012 at 15:00 | comment | added | Vitaly Mijiritsky | Linguistically it's perfectly clear that this can't be a russian word. No language-aware native speaker would doubt it for a second. The question of nativity isn't determined by whether you recognize a language it resembles, but whether it feels as it belongs to this one :). You can be sure that a word is borrowed even if you don't know where from. | |
| Jun 15, 2012 at 14:13 | comment | added | Em1 | @texnic Be careful with the word gymnasium. People who are not aware of the German meaning will think of sports ;) And btw. the word "Abiturient" does also exist in German. | |
| Jun 15, 2012 at 13:56 | comment | added | Alenanno | I expected this comment. :D That's exactly my point. | |
| Jun 15, 2012 at 13:55 | comment | added | texnic | Абитуриент stems from German Abitur---the final exam in gymnasium. One needs to pass it to get enrolled in university. | |
| Jun 15, 2012 at 13:48 | history | answered | Alenanno | CC BY-SA 3.0 |