Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗An instance of the interjection ah.
An expression of relief, relaxation, comfort, confusion, understanding, wonder, awe, etc. according to uttered inflection. · A syllable used to fill space, particularly in music.
To give a cry of "ah".
From Middle English ah, aa, a (“ah”), of imitative origin, or from Old English ēa, *eah (“oh, alas”), from Proto-West Germanic *a, *ah (“ah”). Earliest recorded use is circa 1175 in the Ormulum: A, Maȝȝstre! icc wat tatt tu full wiss Arrt Godess Sune ("Ah, Master! I know for sure that thou art God's Son"). Some propose that the Middle English is borrowed from Old French a (“ah!, oh!, hey!”) (represented by modern French ah). Compare also West Frisian a, ah (“ah”), Dutch a, ah (“ah”), Middle Low German a (“ah”), Old High German a, aa, ah (“ah, oh”) (whence modern German ah), Faroese áh (“oh, ah, alas”), Icelandic æ, ai (“ah, oh”), Latin ah (“ah”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionahenm
- Inherited-form mentionēaang
- Inherited-form mention*agmw-pro
- Derivation mentionafro · ah!, oh!, hey!
- Cognate mentionahfr
- Cognate mentionafy
- Cognate mentionanl
- Cognate mentionagml · ah
- Cognate mentionagoh
- Cognate mentionahde
- Cognate mentionáhfo · oh, ah, alas
- Cognate mentionæis
- Cognate mentionahla · ah
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