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
from Proto-Indo-European *ā or *h₂eh₂, compare Latin āh, Old High German ah

Interjection

*axъ

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
  - Polish: ach
  - Silesian: ach
  - → Lithuanian: ach
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: ach
  - Slovincian: ach
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: ach
  - Lower Sorbian: ach

Non-Slavic:
- → Lithuanian: àk, òk

References

^ 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 (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 152
^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “ach!”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 17

[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 (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