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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/okъno
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
*oko (“eye”) + *-ъno. Early Proto-Slavic form *akuna has been clearly preserved in Finnish and Votic akkuna.
For a semantic parallel compare Old Norse vindauga (“window”, literally “wind-eye”) (whence also English window).
Inflection
Declension of *okъnò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *okъnò | *okъ̀ně | *okъnà |
| Accusative | *okъnò | *okъ̀ně | *okъnà |
| Genitive | *okъnà | *okъnù | *okъ̀nъ |
| Locative | *okъně̀ | *okъnù | *okъ̀něxъ |
| Dative | *okъnù | *okъnòma | *okъnòmъ |
| Instrumental | *okъnъ̀mь, *okъnòmь* | *okъnòma | *okъ̀ny |
| Vocative | *okъnò | *okъ̀ně | *okъnà |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Further reading
- Trubačóv, Oleg, Žuravljóv, Anatolij, editors (2005), “*okъno”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 32, Moscow: Nauka, page 45
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “окно”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*okъnò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 365: “n. o (b) ‘window’”
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