FromProto-Balto-Slavic *ō . According to the usual doctrine,[ 1] the initial form was*h₁ōd , ablative singular of the PIE demonstrative pronoun*éy, h₁e . However, that demonstrative has no such ablative singular attested in any of the daughter languages, so that hypothesis remains unprovable.
The same PIE proto-form could have also yielded Sanskritआत् ( ā́t ,“ so, then, afterwards ” ) and Avestan𐬁𐬀𐬝 ( āat̰ ,“ afterwards, then ” ) .
*a [ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
but and
East Slavic:Old East Slavic:а ( a ) Old Ruthenian:а ( a ) Belarusian:а ( a ) Carpathian Rusyn:а ( a ) Ukrainian:а ( a ) Russian:а ( a ) (see there for further descendants ) Old Novgorodian:а ( a ) South Slavic:Old Church Slavonic:Old Cyrillic script:а ( a ) Glagolitic script:ⰰ ( a ) Macedonian:а ( a ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic script:а Latin script:a Slovene:a West Slavic:Old Czech:a Old Polish:a Polabian:ă Pomeranian: Slovak:a Sorbian:Lower Sorbian:a Upper Sorbian:a ↑1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008 ), “*a”, inEtymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill,→ISBN ,page25 : “conj. ‘and, but’ ” ^ Olander, Thomas (2001 ), “a”, inCommon Slavic Accentological Word List [1] , Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “but, and (PR 146) ” ^ Trubachyov, Oleg , editor (1974 ), “*a ”, inЭтимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages ] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ ), Moscow: Nauka, page33 Inherited fromProto-Balto-Slavic *ā , fromProto-Indo-European *ā , ultimately a natural expression. CompareLithuanian à ,Latin ā ,Ancient Greek ἆ ( â ) ,Sanskrit अ ( a ) . Although the Proto-Indo-European form is reconstructed, this interjection could arise at any stage.
*a [ 1] [ 2]
Used to express emotions like surprise, pain, displeasure, disapproval ;ah !> ? Proto-Slavic:*axъ ( inherited )
East Slavic:Old East Slavic:а ( a ) Old Ruthenian:а ( a ) Belarusian:а ( a ) Carpathian Rusyn:а ( a ) Ukrainian:а ( a ) Russian:а ( a ) (see there for further descendants ) South Slavic:Old Church Slavonic:Old Cyrillic script:а ( a ) Glagolitic script:ⰰ ( a ) Bulgarian:а ( a ) Macedonian:а ( a ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic script:а Latin script:a Slovene:a West Slavic:Old Czech:a Old Polish:a Pomeranian: Slovak:a Sorbian:Lower Sorbian:a Upper Sorbian:a ^ Sławski, Franciszek , editor (1974 ), “a! ”, inSłownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary ] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page145 ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005 ), “a! ”, inSłownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie,→ISBN , page17