Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)peka

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic edit

Alternative reconstructions edit

*o(b)pekъ, *o(b)pěka

Etymology edit

Deverbal of *o(b)peťi +‎ *-a, from *ob- +‎ *peťi (“to bake”).

Noun edit

*o(b)peka f

care, concern

Declension edit

Declension of *o(b)peka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*o(b)peka	*o(b)pecě	*o(b)peky
genitive	*o(b)peky	*o(b)peku	*o(b)pekъ
dative	*o(b)pecě	*o(b)pekama	*o(b)pekamъ
accusative	*o(b)pekǫ	*o(b)pecě	*o(b)peky
instrumental	o(b)pekojǫ, o(b)pekǫ^**	*o(b)pekama	*o(b)pekami
locative	*o(b)pecě	*o(b)peku	o(b)pekasъ, o(b)pekaxъ^*
vocative	*o(b)peko	*o(b)pecě	*o(b)peky

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: опека (opeka)
  - Old Ruthenian: опе́ка (opéka)
    - Belarusian: апе́ка (apjéka)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: опі́ка (opíka)
    - Ukrainian: опі́ка (opíka); опе́ка (opéka) (dialectal)
  - Middle Russian: опе́ка (opéka)
    - Russian: опе́ка (opéka); опёка (opjóka) (dialectal)
      - → Bulgarian: опе́ка (opéka, “guardianship”, juridical)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: о̏пека, опе̏ка; опека (dialectal)
  
  Latin script: ȍpeka, opȅka; opeka (dialectal)
- Slovene: oppęka, opeka, opêka (archaic)
West Slavic:
- Czech: opěka
- Old Polish: opieka
  - Polish: opieka