Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wai
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This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wáy. Compare Latin vae, Lithuanian vaĩ, vái, Proto-Germanic *wai, Russian увы́ (uvý, “alas”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬫𐬋𐬌 (vayōi), Sanskrit उवे (uvé), Persian وای (vây).
Interjection
*wai[1]
Descendants
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*way”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 405