Does 被【かぶ】る have any relation to "cover"?


Topic. I've heard/seen somewhere that `被【かぶ】る` was "gairaigo-fied" (?) from
the English word "cover" (similar to `ダブる` or `デモる`), and then presumably
given ateji from `被【おお】う` since the meanings overlap so much. I searched
several dictionaries for some sort of verification but have found nothing so
far. Is there any truth to this?




As Tsuyoshi says, there is no truth to it. The earliest reference given in the
[日]{に}[本]{ほん}[国]{こく}[語]{ご}[大]{だい}[辞]{じ}[典]{てん} is from the mid-13th century
[観]{かん}[智]{じ}[院]{いん}[本]{ぼん} edition of the
[[類]{るい}[聚]{じゅ}[名]{みょう}[義]{ぎ}[抄]{しょう}](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A1%9E%E8%81%9A%E5%90%8D%E7%BE%A9%E6%8A%84):

> 盖 オホフ カフル

Even English barely had the word
[cover](http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=cover) at that point.

Also, according to the same dictionary, `かぶる` is derived from `かがふる`, which is
even older--It's in the Man'yōshū (9C):

> [可]{か}[之]{し}[古]{こ}[伎]{き}[夜]{や} / [美]{み}[許]{こ}[等]{と} [加]{か}[我]{が}[布]{ふ}[理]{り}
> / ...




As Tsuyoshi says, there is no truth to it. The earliest reference given in the
[日]{に}[本]{ほん}[国]{こく}[語]{ご}[大]{だい}[辞]{じ}[典]{てん} is from the mid-13th century
[観]{かん}[智]{じ}[院]{いん}[本]{ぼん} edition of the
[[類]{るい}[聚]{じゅ}[名]{みょう}[義]{ぎ}[抄]{しょう}](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A1%9E%E8%81%9A%E5%90%8D%E7%BE%A9%E6%8A%84):

> 盖 オホフ カフル

Even English barely had the word
[cover](http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=cover) at that point.

Also, according to the same dictionary, `かぶる` is derived from `かがふる`, which is
even older--It's in the Man'yōshū (9C):

> [可]{か}[之]{し}[古]{こ}[伎]{き}[夜]{や} / [美]{み}[許]{こ}[等]{と} [加]{か}[我]{が}[布]{ふ}[理]{り}
> / ...

