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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]

  1. window

Inflection

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Derived terms
  • *okъnьce

Descendants
  • Other:

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*okъno”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 45
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “окно”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, 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

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*okъnò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 365: “n. o (b) ‘window’”
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