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:

extension from Proto-Slavic *a
inherited from Proto-Indo-European [Term?], compare Latin āh, Old High German ah

Interjection

*axъ[1][2]

Used to express a lively feeling impulse; ah!

Derived terms

verbs

*axati impf
*axъkati impf

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: а̏х
  Latin: ȁh
- Slovene: àh
West Slavic:
- Czech: ach
- Slovak: ach, ách
- Old Polish: ach
  - Polish: ach
- Kashubian: ach
- Slovincian: ãχ
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: ach
  - Lower Sorbian: ach

Non-Slavic:
- → Lithuanian: àk, òk

References

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

[1] Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “achъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: National Ossoliński Institute, page 152

[2] Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “ach!”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 17