Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-unъ

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

Alternative forms

*-ynъ

Etymology

Probably irregularly from the poorly attested earlier form *-ynъ (compare *-urъ / *-yrъ), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ūnas.

If not, compare Ancient Greek -αυνός (-aunós) attested in κεραυνός (keraunós, “thunderbolt”) and possible derivative ἐλαύνω (elaúnō) (< *ἐλαυνός (*elaunós)).

Suffix

*-ũnъ m^[1]^[2]

Forms names of persons or things that do an action indicated by the root verb: -er
‎*běťi / *běgati (“to run”) + ‎*-unъ → ‎*běgunъ (“runner”)

‎*opeťi (“to take care, to look after”) + ‎*-unъ → ‎*opekunъ (“carer, caregiver”)

‎*zьdati (“to form out of clay”) + ‎*-unъ → ‎*zьdunъ (“clayster, potter”)

Declension

Declension of *-ũnъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-ũnъ	*-ūnà	*-ūnì
genitive	*-ūnà	*-ūnù	*-ũnъ
dative	*-ūnù	*-ūnòma	*-ūnòmъ
accusative	*-ũnъ	*-ūnà	*-ūnỳ
instrumental	-ūnъ̀mь, -ūnòmь^*	*-ūnòma	*-ũny
locative	*-ūně̀	*-ūnù	*-ũněxъ
vocative	*-une	*-ūnà	*-ūnì

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

Derived terms

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-unъ

Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)pekunъ

Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vijunъ

Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zьdunъ

affixes

*-uňa
*-uňь

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: -унъ (-unŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: -унъ (-un)
    - Belarusian: -ун (-un)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: -ун (-un)
    - Ukrainian: -ун (-un)
  - Russian: -ун (-un)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: -оунъ (-unŭ)
  - Bulgarian: -ун (-un)
  - Macedonian: -ун (-un)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: -ун
  
  Latin script: -un
- Slovene: -un (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: -ún
  - Czech: -oun
- Old Polish: -un
  - Polish: -un
  - Silesian: -ōn
- Old Slovak: -ún
  - Slovak: -ún
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: -ùn
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: -un
  - Upper Sorbian: -un

References

^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “Suf. -unъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 134
^ Matasović, Ranko (2014), “2.11.54 *-unъ < *-awna-”, in Slavic Nominal Word-formation: Proto-Indo-European Origins and Historical Development (Empirie und Theorie der Sprachwissenschaft; 3), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 166

[1] Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “Suf. -unъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 134

[2] Matasović, Ranko (2014), “2.11.54 *-unъ < *-awna-”, in Slavic Nominal Word-formation: Proto-Indo-European Origins and Historical Development (Empirie und Theorie der Sprachwissenschaft; 3), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 166

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