Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)pekunъ

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

Etymology

From *o(b)peťi +‎ *-unъ.

Noun

*o(b)pekunъ m

carer, guardian

Declension

Declension of *o(b)pekunъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*o(b)pekunъ	*o(b)pekuna	*o(b)pekuni
genitive	*o(b)pekuna	*o(b)pekunu	*o(b)pekunъ
dative	*o(b)pekunu	*o(b)pekunoma	*o(b)pekunomъ
accusative	*o(b)pekunъ	*o(b)pekuna	*o(b)pekuny
instrumental	o(b)pekunъmь, o(b)pekunomь^*	*o(b)pekunoma	*o(b)pekuny
locative	*o(b)pekuně	*o(b)pekunu	*o(b)pekuněxъ
vocative	*o(b)pekune	*o(b)pekuna	*o(b)pekuni

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *опекунъ (*opekunŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: опеку́нъ (opekún)
    - Belarusian: апяку́н (apjakún)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: опіку́н (opikún)
    - Ukrainian: опі́ку́н (opíkún)
  - Middle Russian: опеку́нъ (opekún)
    - Russian: опеку́н (opekún)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: опеку̀н (opekùn)
West Slavic:
- Old Polish: opiekun
  - Polish: opiekun; opi̯ekun, u̯op'ekǫn (dialectal)
- Old Slovak: opekún
  - Slovak: opekún