Поваженый, что наряженный. Попытка поиска внутренней формы.
Povazhenny, Chto Naryazhenny. In Search of The Internal Form

Summary/Abstract: In the present article an attempt of reconstruction of the original internal form of “non-transparent” paroemiac expression Povazhenny, chto naryazhenny (variants: poryazhenny, zaporyazhenny), which is found in Russian 19-th century fiction describing folk life and customs, is made. The author of the article confirms the connection of the substantiated adjective povazhenny ‘attracted by the means of sorcery’ with a proto-Slavic verb *vaditi I ‘to seduce, to accustom (to evil)’ defined by I. P. Petleva, which, in its own turn, is derived from a proto-Slavic root *ved-/*vod- (< *uedh/*uodh-) ‘to lead, to conduct’. The meaning ‘to seduce, to accustom (to evil)’ of this verb developed from the intermediate semantic link ‘make somebody lead you’, which is confirmed by the formal features of *vaditi I as the causative in regard to *voditi. For *vaditi I ritual semantic specialization, connection with magic and sorcery were indicated quite early. Lexeme naryazhenny, correlating with the vast circle of regional single-rooted derivatives, which contain references to a wedding ritual, means ‘intended to be a husband by contract’. This semantic interpretation of the second component of paroemia is confirmed by the research of contextual usages of expression suzheny-ryazheny and the like. As a result, the mentioned paroemia obtains the following historical interpretations: “Charmed fiancé is a candidate for a husband as undeniable as the one, who has already been approved by the society (family) for the given fiancée”.

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