hiya this might b random but you mentioned u like etymology so i figured you might appreciate this and i thought it was funnn
in russian, possessive pronouns (only in plural i think??) refer to a different subject than the person whos being referenced as the owner, so its not "yours, theirs, hers" but a different thing i didnt read that much into it😭 this is basically because for a long time russian farmers didnt own their land and it was only given to them by the head of that region for a certain amount of time
(Disclaimer: I do not speak Russian or any other Slavic languages)
Oh, you mean, the pronoun свой? It's a possessive reflexive pronoun. It's a concept that doesn't exist in English, but Russian does have more than one plural possessive pronoun. And both свой and possessive pronouns have to agree with genre, so they change a little.
And uhh apparently the thing about land ownership is a myth. The word comes from the Proto-Slavic root svojь. And it shares linguistic roots with several other Indo-European languages. Like: the Sanskrit svayám (oneself), the Old Prussian swais (one's own), and the Latin suus (his/her own).
If anyone has something to add or want correct something, it would be very welcome.
