Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/opekunъ

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

From *opeťi / *opekati +‎ *-unъ.

Noun

*opekunъ m[1]

  1. carer, caregiver

Declension

Declension of *opekunъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *opekunъ *opekuna *opekuni
genitive *opekuna *opekunu *opekunъ
dative *opekunu *opekunoma *opekunomъ
accusative *opekunъ *opekuna *opekuny
instrumental *opekunъmь, *opekunomь* *opekunoma *opekuny
locative *opekuně *opekunu *opekuněxъ
vocative *opekune *opekuna *opekuni

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *опекунъ (*opekunŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: опеку́нъ (opekún)
        • Belarusian: апяку́н (apjakún), (dialectal) апе́кун (apjékun)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: опіку́н (opikún)
        • Ukrainian: опіку́н (opikún)
      • Russian: опеку́н (opekún)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Polish: opiekun
      • Polish: opiekun, (Middle Polish) opiekon
      • Silesian: ôpiekōn
    • Pomeranian:
      • Kashubian: òpiekùn
    • >? Old Slovak: opekún

References

  1. ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “Suf. -unъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 134

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2001), “*obpekunъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 28 (*oblězti – *obpovědanьje), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 179
  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “opiekun”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 393
  • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “opiekun”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), volume 418, page 2
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