From: utzoo!decvax!yale-com!brunix!jah
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Title: Re: It"s OK by me.
Article-I.D.: brunix.1617
Posted: Sun Feb 20 10:17:25 1983
Received: Mon Feb 21 02:49:27 1983
References: crystal.163

Yiddish folks coming to America had difficulty in differentiating the English
words "woth" and "by."  They were often used interchangably and strong together.
Thus, My suspicion is that we need look no further than "with me" for the
origin of "by me."