Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/okovъ

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 *okovati (to shackle, chain).

Noun

*okòvъ m

  1. (plural only) shackles, chains

Inflection

Declension of *okòvъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *okòvъ *okovà *okovì
genitive *okovà *okovù *okòvъ
dative *okovù *okovòma *okovòmъ
accusative *okòvъ *okovà *okovỳ
instrumental *okovъ̀mь, *okovòmь* *okovòma *okòvy
locative *okově̀ *okovù *okòvěxъ
vocative *okove *okovà *okovì

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: оков (okov), оковы (okovy)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: okovy pl
      • Czech: okovy pl
    • Polish: okowy pl
    • Slovak: okovy pl

Further reading

  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “оковы”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa