Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/oko

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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

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Etymology

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From Early Proto-Slavic *aka,[1] from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ak-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (eye; to see).

Noun

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*ȍko n[2]

  1. eye

Inflection

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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

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Descendants

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  • Non-Slavic:
    • Hungarian: Aka (toponym)

Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*oko”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 41
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “око”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • akis”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė, 2007–2012

References

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  1. ^ Klotz, Emanuel (2017) “*aka «oko»”, in Urslawisches Wörterbuch (in German), 1st edition, Wien: Facultas, →ISBN, page 57
  2. ^ 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