ē 2, ō

ē 2, ō
    ē 2, ō
    English meaning: interjection (vocative)
    Deutsche Übersetzung: Ausrufpartikel, daher also Vokativpartikel
    Material: O.Ind. ǘ emphasizing behind adverbs and nouns: “oh!”; Gk. ἦ “ hey, hallo!, you there!”, also emphasizing and questioning “ really!?” ἤ ἤ σιώπα, Lesb. ἦ μάν etc., also inἤ-τοι, ἐπει-ή, ἠ(F)ε “or”, ἤ-δη; probably also lak. tar. ἐγών-η, whereupon Hom. τύνη etc.; Lat. eh “ei, hey, hallo!, you there!”, ē-castor “ by Castor “, edepō̆ l “ by Pollux “, ēdī (*ē deive), etc.; O.H.G. ihh-ü “I (just)”, N.Ger. iǝkǝ, Run. hait-ik-a, probably also O.H.G. nein-ü “ no, nay” under likewise; Lith. ẽ, e ́, Ltv. e, ē, exclamation particles; about Slav. e- in exclamation see under S. 283;
    References: WP. I 99, WH. I 1, 389, 396, Schwyzer Gk. I 606.
    See also: s. further under ehem.

Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.

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