Where does “Okun” come from?

Okun (English) comes from Polish Okuń, from Old Polish okuń, from Proto-Slavic okunь — big-eyed fish.

Ancestry of “Okun”, step by step

Okun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish Okuń

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishOkuń—
2Old PolishokuńEuropean perch
3Proto-Slavicokunьbig-eyed fish

via Russian о́кунь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianо́куньperch
2Old East Slavicо́кунь—

Words derived from “Okun”

Every word from Proto-Slavic okunь →Every word from Old Polish okuń →Every word from Polish Okuń →