I've noticed that the Slavic languages have an interesting range of terms for "adult".
Most seem to include the word for "grow" (or a derivative thereof), but there are at least three different prefixes added to this stem:
vz-: Russian vzroslyi, Bulgarian vŭzrasten, Macedonian vozrasen = ~"grown-up"
od-: Slovene odrasel, BCS odrastao = ~"grown-off"/"grown-away"
do-: Polish dorosły, Ukrainian doroslij, Belarusian darosly = ~"grown-to"
(Czech and Slovak also appear to use do- in their words for "adult", but the verb stem to which it is prefixed is different.)
Are there any other patterns seen in Slavic words for "adult", or similar, that aren't listed above?
(For example, what about Sorbian etc.?)
Thanks
Most seem to include the word for "grow" (or a derivative thereof), but there are at least three different prefixes added to this stem:
vz-: Russian vzroslyi, Bulgarian vŭzrasten, Macedonian vozrasen = ~"grown-up"
od-: Slovene odrasel, BCS odrastao = ~"grown-off"/"grown-away"
do-: Polish dorosły, Ukrainian doroslij, Belarusian darosly = ~"grown-to"
(Czech and Slovak also appear to use do- in their words for "adult", but the verb stem to which it is prefixed is different.)
Are there any other patterns seen in Slavic words for "adult", or similar, that aren't listed above?
(For example, what about Sorbian etc.?)
Thanks