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Proto-Baltic: *wai
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: vaĩ (žem.), vái (westlit.) 'weh',
Lettish: vaĩ, vài interj. 'wehe, ach', vaĩdêt (-u, -ẽju) '(weh)klagen, jammern', vaĩds 'Wehklage, Jammer, Not'
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *(o)way
Meaning: alas
Old Indian: uvé 'an interjection'
Avestan: vayōi, āvōya 'wehe!'
Armenian: vay 'Wehe, Unglück'
Old Greek: oá, sei alexandrin. Zeit u̯á, u̯ā̃, u̯ái̯, NGreek vái; oizdǘ-s 'Weh, Jammer, Unglück'
Slavic: *ūvɨ̄
Baltic: *wai
Germanic: Got wai, OIsl vei usw.; OHG wēwo, wēwa 'Wehe, Schmerz, Leid', OSax wē, gen. wēwes, OE wāwa, wēa, OIsl vǟ, vē (> Finn vaiva 'Plage, Elend')
Latin: vae
Celtic: MIr fāe, Cymr gwae 'weh!'
Russ. meaning: увы
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: увы́,
Near etymology: межд., др.-русск. оувы (Григ. Наз., Панд. Антиоха, Пов. врем. лет, Сказ. о Борисе и Глебе; см. Срезн. III, 1124; также у Аввакума), ст.-слав. оувы οὑαί (Супр.), болг. уви́ (Младенов 648).
Further etymology: Ономатопоэтического происхождения, как и греч. ὀά, οὑά, οὑᾱ, οὑαί "увы, о, горе", лат. vāh, vае, гот. wai, авест. avōi, vауōi и т. п.; см. Гофман, Gr. Wb. 223; Вальде -- Гофм. 2, 724; Клюге-Гётце 677; Преобр., Труды I, 37 и сл.
Pages: 4,145
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