Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/uvy
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *uwái, from Proto-Indo-European *uwáy.
Interjection
*uvy
- alas!
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2014), “*ova / *ovo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 39 (*otъtęti – *ozgǫba), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 185
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “увы́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “овва́”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka