Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/uvy

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

Of expressive origin. Compare similar Proto-Indo-European *wáy.

Interjection

*uvy

  1. alas!

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: оувꙑ (uvy)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: оувꙑ (uvy)
      Glagolitic script: ⱆⰲⱏⰹ (uvy)
      • Church Slavonic: оува (uva)
    • Bulgarian: уви́ (uví)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: авај
      Latin script: avaj
  • 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 (2003), “овва́”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 148
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