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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/okunь

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
*okunь (Perca fluviatilis)

Etymology

Most likely from *ȍko (“eye”) +‎ *-unь, originally meaning “fish with big eyes”.

Compare with Komi-Zyrian öкыш (ökyš, “perch”), Komi-Permyak ёкыш (jokyš), ёкуш (jokuš), еки (jeki), іокыш (iokyš), which are possibly borrowed from East Slavic (compare the Russian diminutive form окушо́к (okušók)).

Noun

*okunь m

  1. (originally) big-eyed fish
  2. European perch (Perca fluviatilis)

Declension
Declension of *okunь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *okunь *okuni *okunьje, *okuňe*
genitive *okuni *okunьju, *okuňu* *okunьjь, *okuni*
dative *okuni *okunьma *okunьmъ
accusative *okunь *okuni *okuni
instrumental *okunьmь *okunьma *okunьmi
locative *okuni *okunьju, *okuňu* *okunьxъ
vocative *okuni *okuni *okunьje, *okuňe*
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: окунь (okunĭ); Окунь (Okunĭ) (proper name)
      • Old Ruthenian: о́кунь (ókunʹ)
        • Belarusian: аку́нь (akúnʹ); во́кунь (vókunʹ), о́кунь (ókunʹ) (dialectal)
        • Ukrainian: о́кунь (ókunʹ); о́конь (ókonʹ) (dialectal)
      • Russian: о́кунь (ókunʹ) (see there for further descendants); во́кунь (vókunʹ) (dialectal); О́кунь (Ókunʹ) (surname)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*okunъ/ь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 43
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “о́кунь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “о́кунь”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 177
  • The template Template:R:be:ESBM does not use the parameter(s): 
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  • Kolomijec, V. T. (1983) Происхождение общеславянских названий рыб [The Origin of the Common Slavic Names of Fish] (К IX Международному съезду славистов) (in Russian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, pages 68-70
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