Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/axъ
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editUltimately a natural expression. Either:
- extension from Proto-Slavic *a
- from Proto-Indo-European *ā or *h₂eh₂,[1] compare Latin āh, Old High German ah
Interjection
edit- Used to express a lively feeling impulse; ah!
Derived terms
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Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2011) Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction, 2nd edition, revised and corrected by Michiel de Vaan, Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 250
- ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “achъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 152
- ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “ach!”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 17