Where does “оканье” come from?
оканье (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.
Ancestry of “оканье”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | о́кать | — |
| 2 | Russian | о | The Cyrillic letter О , о; The Roman letter O, o;... |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | о | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | o(b) | around, about; concerning; against, on |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ab | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ebʰi | — |
Words derived from “оканье”