Abstract
This article deals with the etymology of three Polish words:
przyzwoity,
wyśmienity and
rubaszny. All three should probably be considered native formations.
Przyzwoity (in the older version
przywoity, also
przyzwoisty) in genetic terms should probably be combined with the verb
wić: *przy‑wić > *
przy‑wój > *
prz‑woj‑ity.
Wyśmienity – according to A. Brückner's hypothesis – derives from the hypothetical preform of pol. *
wyśmień ‘height’.
Rubaszny, on the other hand, is also the result of native derivational processes and derives from the Polish adjective gruby in the sense of undelicate, simple, unsophisticated, uncouth, coarse, rude’: *
(g)ruby > *
(g)rubacha > *
(g)rubaszny.
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