оунии
Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *uňьjь, of further unknown origin. Has been connected to Sanskrit अवति (ávati, “to protect, help”) via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewH-, under the assumption that the adjective contains an n-suffix.
Adjective
оун҄ии • (unʹii)
References
- Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “оунии”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 740
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 509