Where does “akanie” come from?
akanie (Polish) comes from Russian а́канье, from Russian а́кать, from Russian А, from Old East Slavic а, from Proto-Slavic a, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ōd.
akanie (Polish): akanye
Definitions
- akanye
Ancestry of “akanie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | а́канье | the standard reduced pronunciation of unstressed о as а (i.e., or), as heard in Central Russian and Southern Russian and Belarusian |
| 2 | Russian | а́кать | to pronounce an unstressed о like an а (as seen in Central and Southern Russia, considered standard) |
| 3 | Russian | А | A, ampere |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | а | but, and |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | a | but; and |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ō | and; but |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ōd | — |