Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/opakъ

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *apōˀkas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo-h₃kʷ-os, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó. Cognates with Lithuanian apuokas, English awk (whence awkward), German äbich, Sanskrit अपाञ्च् (apāñc).

Related to Old Polish wspak, whence Polish wspak and Ukrainian вспак (vspak).

Adverb

*ȍpakъ[1][2]

  1. backwards, reverse, opposite turned around, the other way round, inverse

Alternative reconstructions

  • *opako

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: опако (opako), опакꙑ (opaky)
    • Old Novgorodian: опакꙑ (opaky)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: opak
    • Polabian: våpăk
    • Old Polish: opak
      • Polish: opak (archaic)
      • Silesian: ôpak
    • Pomeranian:
      • Kashubian: òpak
      • Slovincian: wôpak
    • Old Slovak: opak
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: hopak
      • Upper Sorbian: wopak

References

  1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “opak”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 391
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ȍpakъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 388
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