Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/axъ

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

  • Ultimately a natural expression. Either:

    Interjection

    *axъ[2][3]

    1. Used to express a lively feeling impulse; ah!
    Derived terms
    verbs
    Descendants
    • East Slavic:
      • Old Ruthenian: ахъ (ax)
        • Belarusian: ах (ax)
        • Ukrainian: ах (ax)
      • Russian: ах (ax)
    • South Slavic:
      • Bulgarian: ах (ah)
      • Macedonian: ах (ah)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: а̏х
        Latin script: ȁh
      • Slovene: àh
    • West Slavic:
      • Czech: ach
      • Old Polish: ach
      • Pomeranian:
        • Kashubian: ach
        • Slovincian: ach
      • Slovak: ach, ách
      • Sorbian:
        • Lower Sorbian: ach
        • Upper Sorbian: ach
    • Non-Slavic:

    References

    1. ^ 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
    2. ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “achъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 152
    3. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “ach!”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 17