Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/okъno

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

*oko (“eye”) +‎ *-ъno. Early Proto-Slavic form *akuna has been clearly preserved in Finnish and Votic akkuna.

For semantic parallels, compare Old English ēagþȳrel (“window”, literally “eye-hole”) and Old Norse vindauga (“window”, literally “wind-eye”) (whence also modern English window).

Noun

*okъnò n

1. window

Inflection

Declension of *okъnò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*okъnò	*okъ̀ně	*okъnà
genitive	*okъnà	*okъnù	*okъ̀nъ
dative	*okъnù	*okъnòma	*okъnòmъ
accusative	*okъnò	*okъ̀ně	*okъnà
instrumental	*okъnъ̀mь, *okъnòmь*	*okъnòma	*okъ̀ny
locative	*okъně̀	*okъnù	*okъ̀něxъ
vocative	*okъnò	*okъ̀ně	*okъnà

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

Derived terms

• *okъnьce

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: окъно (okŭno), окно (okno)
    • Old Ruthenian: окно́ (oknó), вокно́ (voknó)
      • Belarusian: акно́ (aknó), вакно́ (vaknó)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: окно́ (oknó)
      • Ukrainian: вікно́ (viknó)
    • Russian: окно́ (oknó)
    • → Udmurt: укно (ukno)
    • → Proto-Finnic: *akkuna (see there for further descendants)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: окно (okno) (Russian)
  • Bulgarian: окно́ (oknó) (dated), о́кно (ókno) (dated)
  • Macedonian: окно (okno)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: о̀кно

    Latin script: òkno

  • Slovene: ókno (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: okno
    • Czech: okno
  • Old Polish: okno
    • Polish: okno, ôkno (Przemyśl)
    • Silesian: ôkno
  • Old Slovak: okno
    • Slovak: okno
  • Polabian: våknü
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: òkno
    • Slovincian: wôknô
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: hokno, wokno
    • Upper Sorbian: wokno

• Other:
  • → Hungarian: akna
  • → Romanian: ocnă

Further reading

• Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*okъno”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 45
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “окно”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “okno”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
• Mańczak, Witold (2017) “okno”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN