Where does “о́канье” come from?
о́канье (Russian) comes from Russian о́кать, from Russian о, from Old East Slavic о, from Proto-Slavic o(b), from Proto-Balto-Slavic ab, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi.
о́канье (Russian): the dialectal unreduced pronunciation of unstressed о as (as heard in Northern Russian and standard Ukrainian)
Definitions
- the dialectal unreduced pronunciation of unstressed о as (as heard in Northern Russian and standard Ukrainian)
Ancestry of “о́канье”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | о́кать | to pronounce an unstressed о like an о (without the vowel reduction, as in some parts of Northern Russia, considered non-standard) |
| 2 | Russian | о | oh |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | о | at, during |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | o(b) | around, about; concerning; against, on |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ab | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ebʰi | — |