Ꙗкоуне

Old Novgorodian

Alternative forms

• Ꙗкоунь (Jakunĭ)

Etymology

First attested in c. 1160‒1180. From Old East Slavic-Varangian given name, borrowed from Old Norse Hákon. Compare Swedish Håkan, Icelandic Hákon, Norwegian Nynorsk Håkon.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ꙗ‧коу‧не

Proper noun

Ꙗкоуне • (Jakune) m

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Ꙗкоуне (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Ꙗкоуне Jakune	Ꙗкоуна Jakuna	Ꙗкоуни Jakuni
genitive	Ꙗкоуна Jakuna	Ꙗкоуну Jakunu	Ꙗкоунъ Jakunŭ
dative	Ꙗкоуну Jakunu	Ꙗкоунома Jakunoma	Ꙗкоуномъ Jakunomŭ
accusative	Ꙗкоунъ Jakunŭ	Ꙗкоуна Jakuna	Ꙗкоунѣ Jakuně
instrumental	Ꙗкоунъмь Jakunŭmĭ	Ꙗкоунома Jakunoma	Ꙗкоунꙑ Jakuny
locative	Ꙗкоунѣ Jakuně	Ꙗкоуну Jakunu	Ꙗкоунѣхъ Jakuněxŭ
vocative	Ꙗкоуне Jakune	Ꙗкоуна Jakuna	Ꙗкоунѣ Jakuně

Early Old Novgorodian declension (until c. 1225) prior to the vocalization and loss of yers.

Derived terms

adjectives

• Ꙗкоунове (Jakunove)

nouns

• Ꙗкоуноваꙗ (Jakunovaja)

Further reading

• “Ꙗкоуне”, in Birchbark Letters Corpus, 2003–2026