< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/okunь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Most likely from *ȍko (“eye”) + *-unь, originally meaning “fish with big eyes”.
Compare with Komi-Zyrian öкыш (ökyš, “perch”), Komi-Permyak ёкыш (jokyš), ёкуш (jokuš), еки (jeki), іокыш (iokyš), which are possibly borrowed from East Slavic (compare the Russian diminutive form окушо́к (okušók)).
Noun
*okunь m
- (originally) big-eyed fish
- European perch (Perca fluviatilis)
Declension
Declension of *okunь (i-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *okunь | *okuni | *okunьje, *okuňe* |
Accusative | *okunь | *okuni | *okuni |
Genitive | *okuni | *okunьju, *okuňu* | *okunьjь, *okuni* |
Locative | *okuni | *okunьju, *okuňu* | *okunьxъ |
Dative | *okuni | *okunьma | *okunьmъ |
Instrumental | *okunьmь | *okunьma | *okunьmi |
Vocative | *okuni | *okuni | *okunьje, *okuňe* |
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Derived terms
- *okunèvъ (“perch-related”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: окунь (okunĭ); Окунь (Okunĭ) (proper name)
- Old Ruthenian: о́кунь (ókunʹ)
- Belarusian: аку́нь (akúnʹ); во́кунь (vókunʹ), о́кунь (ókunʹ) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: о́кунь (ókunʹ); о́конь (ókonʹ) (dialectal)
- Russian: о́кунь (ókunʹ) (see there for further descendants); во́кунь (vókunʹ) (dialectal); О́кунь (Ókunʹ) (surname)
- Old Ruthenian: о́кунь (ókunʹ)
- Old East Slavic: окунь (okunĭ); Окунь (Okunĭ) (proper name)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: оку́н (okún)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: о̏ку̑н (regional); окон (rare)
- Latin: ȍkȗn (regional); okon (rare)
- Slovene: okȗn; okȏn (dialectal)
- ⇒ Slovene: okun, okak, okuk (“ruffe”) (dialectal)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: okún
- Czech: okoun, vokoun; ogoun (dialectal)
- Kashubian: òkùnk
- Old Polish: okoń, okuń
- Polish: okuń, okóń, okoń
- Old Slovak: okúň
- Slovak: okúň
- Slovincian: okoń, vʉ̀ɵ̯kọu̯n, u̯okᵘ̯un, u̯okᵘ̯ȯń, u̯ókᵘ̯u̇ń
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: hokuń (obsolete); wokuń
- Old Czech: okún
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, Zhuravlev, A. F., editors (2005), “*okunъ/ь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 43
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “о́кунь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “о́кунь”, in Етимологічний словник української мови: у 7 т. [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 7 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 177
- Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “аку́нь”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
- Коломиец, Вера Титовна (1983) Происхождение общеславянских названий рыб. К IX Межжународному съезду славистов. (in Russian), Киев: Наукова думка, pages 68–70