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History Forum / General / General Topics / December 2006etymology of 'zastoi'
I am looking for some hypotheses about origins of the word 'zastoi' - [Brezhnev]'s stagnation? Thank you in advance! Philipp >I am looking for some hypotheses about origins of the word 'zastoi' - > [Brezhnev]'s stagnation? > > Thank you in advance! > Philipp -- While I'm in no way a Russian speaking person, I do know a little about it, so with just a bit of intuition, knowledge and logic, I would say that: - 'za' is a slavic languages prefix meaning, essentially, 'per' or 'For/Pro/Of/.../Per/...'; - 'stoy' is a word resembling the English word 'stay'; - so the combo makes 'for stay(ing)'; - now, you have the 'stagnation' meaning. Dan  Signature"Dieu et mon Droit" |
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