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)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

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