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Where does “Achlaut” come from?

Achlaut (German) comes from German ach, from Russian ох, from Proto-Slavic *oxъ, from Proto-Slavic *o.

Achlaut (German): voiceless velar fricative

Definitions

  1. voiceless velar fricative

Ancestry of “Achlaut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanachoh
2Russianохoh, ah
3Proto-Slavic*oxъ—
4Proto-Slavic*o—
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