Words that come from Proto-Germanic “wai”

138 words across 30 languages descend from Proto-Germanic wai — including woe, wo, waning, woefully, woeful, woful, wofully, woebegone.

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English (20)

Old English (14)

Middle English (13)

Dutch (12)

German (9)

Old High German (8)

Italian (8)

Old Dutch (6)

Middle Dutch (6)

Middle High German (6)

Gothic (5)

Danish (3)

Old Norse (3)

Old French (3)

Esperanto (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Icelandic (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Finnish (2)

Norman (2)

Ido (1)

Swedish (1)

Frankish (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Portuguese (1)

Scots (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Proto-Finnic (1)

Words from Proto-Germanic wai — 138 descendants | Etymology Explorer