eala

Old English

interjection
Definitions
  • oh!, alas!

Etymology

Affix from Old English hē (hey) + Old English lā (grief, lo, or joy, exclamation of surprise).

Origin

Old English

lā

Gloss

grief, lo, or joy, exclamation of surprise

Concept
Semantic Field

Emotions and values

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

戚

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

  • *hiz Proto-Germanic
  • hē Old English
  • lā Old English
  • ha Middle English
  • he Middle English
  • hie Middle English
  • lo Middle English