Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wáy

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

Of expressive origin.

Interjection

*wáy[1][2][3][4]

  1. oh!
  2. ah!
  3. woe!
  4. alas!

Derived terms

Unsorted formations
  • ⇒? Proto-Celtic: *wailannā[5] (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

  • Albanian: vaj
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *wái
  • Proto-Celtic: *wai (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *wai (see there for further descendants)
  • >? Proto-Hellenic: *wái
    • >? Ancient Greek: οὐαί (ouaí) (possibly)
    • >? Ancient Greek: αἴ (aí), αἶ (aî), αἰαῖ (aiaî)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wáy (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *wai
    • Latin: vae (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1110–1111
  2. ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 359
  3. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*wai”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 566
  4. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*way”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 405
  5. ^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, pages 115–116.
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