old (of a living being: having lived for relatively many years), aged, infirm · decrepit, dilapidated
köken: Of uncertain origin. Has been taken as inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-ga (“old”), whence Old Chinese 故 (OC *kaːs, “old things; former; dead”) and Tibetan རྒ (rga, “to be old; aged”) ; however, the phonetics are dubious, and STEDT does not link the Burmese to the Sino-Tibetan root (ui "old (of persons)"). Luce gives Old Chinese 嫗 (OC *qos, “old woman; to warm-nurse”) as a cognate, though the…
köken: From Proto-Polynesian *ee. Cognates include Rapa Nui ꞌēē and Tahitian ʻē.
aile: ʻēʻē
Sicilyacaoh
akzìika, òoka
ckbئێ
cmn五色話 /五色话, 誒話 /诶话
Etimoloji
Mackenzie asserts that it is inherited from Middle Persian ʾy (ay). However according to Dehkhoda it is from Arabic أَيْ (ʔay), which itself is borrowed from Middle Persian ʾy (ay).