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Where does “au” come from?

au (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe.

Ancestry of “au”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰe—

Words derived from “au”

  • у
  • уцепить
  • убогий
  • u
  • ubogi
  • ubog
  • убог
  • ubohý
  • ubožák
  • u
  • ubogъ
  • úbohý
  • ubog
  • оу
  • оубогъ
  • wulicowaś
  • wusmjerśowaś
  • hu
  • wusmjerśiś
  • wucuś
  • wu-
  • wu
  • оу
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