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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/oko

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *ak-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (eye; to see).

Noun

*ȍko n[1]

  1. eye

Inflection

In addition to the above declensions, there were i-stem dual forms. Old Church Slavic has an o-stem singular, i-stem dual, and s-stem plural, while Russian has an o-stem singular, and an i-stem plural derived from the old dual.

Derived terms

  • *okъno (window)
  • *obačiti (to watch)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: око (oko)
      • Old Ruthenian: о́ко (óko), во́ко (vóko)
        • Belarusian: во́ка (vóka); о́ко (óko), ако́ (akó) (dialectal)
        • Rusyn: о́ко (óko), во́ко (vóko)
        • Ukrainian: о́ко (óko), во́ко (vóko); го́ко (hóko) (dialectal)
      • Russian: о́ко (óko) (dated, archaic); во́ка (vóka) (dialectal)
    • Old Novgorodian: око (oko)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
  • Non-Slavic:
    • Hungarian: Aka (toponym)

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ȍko”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 365
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