Where does “ajme” come from?
ajme (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian ahimè, from Italian ahi — ouch!; ah!.
ajme (Serbo-Croatian): ouch, oh
Ancestry of “ajme”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | ahimè | alas!, woe is me! |
| 2 | Italian | ahi | ouch!; ah! |