aye
English
/eɪ/, /aɪ/, /aɪ/, /aɪ̯/
adv
Definitions
- (archaic) ever, always
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English aye derived from Old Norse ei derived from Proto-Germanic *aiwa derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (vital energy, vital force, lifetime, long time, eternity, long life, vitality, life, eternal).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂eyu-
Gloss
vital energy, vital force, lifetime, long time, eternity, long life, vitality, life, eternal
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aevum English
- ayegreen English
- eon English
- green English
- longevous English
- aioni Finnish
- aeon Latin
- aetas Latin
- aeternus Latin
- aetātem Latin
- aevitas Latin
- aevitās Latin
- aevum Latin
- aeōn Latin
- je German
- jedoch German
- jemand German
- jetzt German
- jé Hungarian
- evo Italian
- eeuw Dutch, Flemish
- eeuweling Dutch, Flemish
- eeuwfeest Dutch, Flemish
- eeuwig Dutch, Flemish
- eeuwjaar Dutch, Flemish
- eeuwwende Dutch, Flemish
- eeuwwisseling Dutch, Flemish
- Aión Spanish, Castilian
- evo Spanish, Castilian
- αἰεί Ancient Greek
- αἰών Ancient Greek
- αἰώνιος Ancient Greek
- *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eyu- Proto-Indo-European
- *aiwa Proto-Germanic
- *aiwaz Proto-Germanic
- *ni aiw-gin Proto-Germanic
- ju Swedish
- アイオーン Japanese
- eon Polish
- a Old English
- rihtæw Old English
- æboc Old English
- æfæst Old English
- ælareow Old English
- ælædend Old English
- æsellend Old English
- æwbryce Old English
- æwita Old English
- æwlic Old English
- æwnian Old English
- ǣ Old English
- a- Middle English
- aye Middle English
- Meánaois Irish
- aidhe Irish
- aois Irish
- aosaigh Irish
- aosta Irish
- aosánach Irish
- meánaois Irish
- nua-aois Irish
- oighearaois Irish
- príomhaoiseach Irish
- ei Old Norse
- ei Icelandic
- ev Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- αιώνας Greek (modern)
- êwe Middle Dutch
- io Old High German
- áes Old Irish
- eeu Afrikaans
- *aiwo- Proto-Italic
- *aiwom Proto-Italic
- *aiwotāts Proto-Italic
- aye Scots
- *awi-mātusānj Proto-Albanian
- *aiweí Proto-Hellenic
- aivom Old Latin