Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/okunь

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.

Most likely from *ȍko (“eye”) +‎ *-unь, originally meaning “fish with big eyes”.

Compare with Komi-Zyrian öкыш (ökyš, “perch”), Komi-Permyak ёкыш (jokyš), ёкуш (jokuš), еки (jeki), іокыш (iokyš), which are possibly borrowed from East Slavic (compare the Russian diminutive form окушо́к (okušók)).

*okunь m

1. (originally) big-eyed fish
2. European perch (Perca fluviatilis)

• *okunèvъ (“perch-related”)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: окунь (okunĭ); Окунь (Okunĭ) (proper name)
    • Old Ruthenian: о́кунь (ókunʹ)
      • Belarusian: аку́нь (akúnʹ); во́кунь (vókunʹ), о́кунь (ókunʹ) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: о́кунь (ókunʹ); о́конь (ókonʹ) (dialectal)
    • Russian: о́кунь (ókunʹ) (see there for further descendants); во́кунь (vókunʹ) (dialectal); О́кунь (Ókunʹ) (surname)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: оку́н (okún)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: о̏ку̑н (regional); окон (rare)

    Latin script: ȍkȗn (regional); okon (rare)

  • Slovene: okȗn; okȏn (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Slovene: okun, okak, okuk (“ruffe”) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: okún
    • Czech: okoun, vokoun; ogoun (dialectal)
  • Kashubian: òkùnk
  • Old Polish: okoń, okuń
    • Polish: okuń, okóń, okoń
  • Old Slovak: okúň
    • Slovak: okúň
  • Slovincian: wôkón
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: hokuń (obsolete); wokuń

• Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*okunъ/ь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 43
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “о́кунь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “о́кунь”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 177
• The template Template:R:be:ESBM does not use the parameter(s):

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  Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “аку́нь”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
• Kolomijec, V. T. (1983) Происхождение общеславянских названий рыб (К IX Международному съезду славистов) (in Russian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, pages 68-70