Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)pekunъ

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 *o(b)peťi +‎ *-unъ.

Noun

*o(b)pekunъ m

1. carer, guardian

Declension

Declension of *o(b)pekunъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*o(b)pekunъ	*o(b)pekuna	*o(b)pekuni
genitive	*o(b)pekuna	*o(b)pekunu	*o(b)pekunъ
dative	*o(b)pekunu	*o(b)pekunoma	*o(b)pekunomъ
accusative	*o(b)pekunъ	*o(b)pekuna	*o(b)pekuny
instrumental	*o(b)pekunъmь, *o(b)pekunomь*	*o(b)pekunoma	*o(b)pekuny
locative	*o(b)pekuně	*o(b)pekunu	*o(b)pekuněxъ
vocative	*o(b)pekune	*o(b)pekuna	*o(b)pekuni

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *опекунъ (*opekunŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: опеку́нъ (opekún)
      • Belarusian: апяку́н (apjakún)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: опіку́н (opikún)
      • Ukrainian: опі́ку́н (opíkún)
    • Middle Russian: опеку́нъ (opekún)
      • Russian: опеку́н (opekún)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: опеку̀н (opekùn)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: opiekun
    • Polish: opiekun; opi̯ekun, u̯op'ekǫn (dialectal)
  • Old Slovak: opekún
    • Slovak: opekún

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