Where does “vaj” come from?

vaj (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian uai, from Proto-Indo-European wáy, from Proto-Indo-European uwáy — to see oneself.

vaj (Albanian): oil; woe!, alas!

Definitions

  1. oil; woe!, alas!

Ancestry of “vaj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianuai—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwáyoh!; ah!; woe!
3Proto-Indo-Europeanuwáyto see oneself

Words derived from “vaj”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European uwáy →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wáy →Every word from Proto-Albanian uai →