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. 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 script: а̏х

    Latin script: ȁh

  • Slovene: àh
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: ach
  • Slovak: ach, ách
  • Old Polish: ach
    • Masurian: ach
    • Polish: ach
    • Silesian: ach
    • → Lithuanian: ach
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: ach
    • Slovincian: ach
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: ach
    • Lower Sorbian: ach

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Lithuanian: àk, òk