I wouldn't count on Thompson 1826 for anything much.

That said, I have no clue whether bide and booth are related. I wish I did.
John Cowan | Homepage | 10.13.09 - 3:22 am | #

It was just one example - I found a number of older etymological dictionaries that connected them.
Dave (Balashon) | Homepage | 10.13.09 - 9:00 am | #

About your last passage. There is consonant regressive assimilation in Russian. It means that if you have two consonants xy (buDKe), x will adopt its form to y.

In our case the K is unvoiced consonant, so D (which is voiced) will transform itself to its unvoiced counterpart — T. Transcription of Russian “budka” is [butka].

I think it makes the situation clearer.
Stas Rozet | 10.13.09 - 4:08 pm | #

Sounds like it is connected to boutique! According to www.etymonline.com boutique is from the Latin apotheca (like apothecary but literally meaning "a place where things are put away"). What do you think?
Saul Davis | 10.16.09 - 3:48 pm | #

Thanks for the link!
toby | Homepage | 10.20.09 - 12:18 am | #