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