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

Alternative reconstructions

• *o(b)pekъ, *o(b)pěka

Etymology

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

Noun

*o(b)peka f

1. care, concern

Declension

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

• 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

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2001), “*obpeka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 28 (*oblězti – *obpovědanьje), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 173
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “опе́ка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress