Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/okъno

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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.[1] Early Proto-Slavic form *akuna has been clearly preserved in Finnish and Votic akkuna.

    For semantic parallels, compare Old English ēagþȳrel (window, literally eye-hole) and Old Norse vindauga (window, literally wind-eye) (whence also modern English window).

    Noun

    *okъnò n[1]

    1. window

    Inflection

    Declension of *okъnò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *okъnò *okъ̀ně *okъnà
    genitive *okъnà *okъnù *okъ̀nъ
    dative *okъnù *okъnòma *okъnòmъ
    accusative *okъnò *okъ̀ně *okъnà
    instrumental *okъnъ̀mь, *okъnòmь* *okъnòma *okъ̀ny
    locative *okъně̀ *okъnù *okъ̀něxъ
    vocative *okъnò *okъ̀ně *okъnà

    * -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

    Derived terms

    • *okъnьce

    Descendants

    • Other:

    Further reading

    • Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*okъno”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 45
    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “окно”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “okno”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
    • Mańczak, Witold (2017), “okno”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 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’