Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/oči

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

Etymology

From Early Proto-Slavic *ačī˙, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *akīˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷih₁, dual of *h₃ókʷs (“eye”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὄσσε (ósse), Old Armenian աչք (ačʻkʻ), Kativiri ačé, Albanian sy.

Noun

*ȍči du

1. nominative/accusative/vocative dual of *oko (“eye”)

Inflection

Declension of *ȍči (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	dual
nominative	*ȍči
genitive	*očьjù, *oču*
dative	*očьmà
accusative	*ȍči
instrumental	*očьmà
locative	*očьjù, *oču*
vocative	*ȍči

^* 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: очи du (oči)
    • Old Ruthenian: о́чи pl (óči), о́чы pl (óčy), во́чи pl (vóči), во́чы pl (vóčy)
      • Belarusian: во́чы (vóčy); о́чы pl (óčy) (dialectal)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: о́чі pl (óči), во́чі pl (vóči)
      • Ukrainian: о́чі pl (óči); о́чи pl (óčy) (dialectal)
    • Russian: о́чи pl (óči); во́чи pl (vóči) (dialectal)
  • Old Novgorodian: оци du (oci)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Glagolitic script: ⱁⱍⰻ du (oči)

    Old Cyrillic script: очи du (oči)

    • Bulgarian: очи́ pl (očí); о́чи pl (óči) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: очи pl (oči)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: о̏чи pl

    Latin script: ȍči pl

  • Slovene: očȋ pl; аčí pl (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: oči du
    • Czech: oči du
  • Old Polish: oczy
    • Masurian:
    • Polish: oczy pl
    • Silesian: ôczy pl
  • Old Slovak: oči pl
    • Pannonian Rusyn: очи pl (oči)
    • Slovak: oči pl
  • Polabian:
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian:
    • Slovincian:
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: woči du
    • Upper Sorbian: wócy du