Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “wai”

183 words across 44 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European wai — including woe, wo, waning, gull, woefully, woeful, woful, seagull.

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English (30)

Finnish (18)

Middle English (14)

Old English (14)

Dutch (12)

Old High German (9)

German (9)

Italian (8)

Old Dutch (6)

Middle Dutch (6)

Middle High German (6)

Gothic (5)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Danish (3)

Old Norse (3)

Old French (3)

Esperanto (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Icelandic (2)

Proto-Finnic (2)

Norman (2)

Welsh (1)

Latin (1)

Proto-Italic (1)

Ido (1)

Ingrian (1)

Russian (1)

Swedish (1)

Frankish (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Ancient Greek (1)

Turkish (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Lule Sami (1)

Old Irish (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Northern Sami (1)

Proto-Samic (1)

Portuguese (1)

Persian (1)

Proto-Brythonic (1)

Scots (1)

Proto-Celtic (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)