Where does “aha” come from?

aha (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic ahu, from Proto-Germanic ahwō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ — water.

aha (Old Saxon): water; running water, river, stream

Definitions

  1. water; running water, river, stream

Ancestry of “aha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicahuriver
2Proto-Germanicahwōwater; stream, river
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ékʷeh₂water

Words derived from “aha”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic ahwō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ahu →