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Where does “о́кать” come from?

о́кать (Russian) comes from Russian о, from Old East Slavic о, from Proto-Slavic o(b), from Proto-Balto-Slavic ab, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi.

Ancestry of “о́кать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianоThe Cyrillic letter О , о; The Roman letter O, o;...
2Old East Slavicо—
3Proto-Slavico(b)around, about; concerning; against, on
4Proto-Balto-Slavicab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ebʰi—

Words derived from “о́кать”

  • оканье
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ebʰi →