English
akanye
Akanye comes from Russian а́канье ‘the standard reduced pronunciation of…’, and goes back to а.
- Russianmodernаa
- Russian, derivedmodernа́катьákatʹ‘to pronounce an unstressed о like an а’
- Russian, derivedmodernа́каньеákanʹje‘the standard reduced pronunciation of unstressed о as а’
- Englishtodayakanye
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
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- Russianmodernаa
- Russian, derivedmodernа́катьákatʹ‘to pronounce an unstressed о like an а’
- Russian, derivedmodernа́каньеákanʹje‘the standard reduced pronunciation of unstressed о as а’
- Englishtodayakanye
Every English word from Russian а
Today it means
noun A case of vowel reduction in Slavic languages; the merger of pretonic non-high vowel phonemes (/o/, /e/ and /a/).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Russian а / akanye