Where does “οἴμοι” come from?

οἴμοι (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek οἴ, from Proto-Indo-European wáy, from Proto-Indo-European uwáy — to see oneself.

οἴμοι (Ancient Greek): Woe is me

Definitions

  1. Woe is me

Ancestry of “οἴμοι”, step by step

οἴμοι traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek οἴ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekοἴwoe!
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwáyoh!; ah!; woe!
3Proto-Indo-Europeanuwáyto see oneself

via Ancient Greek μοι

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekμοιenclitic dative of ἐγώ

Words derived from “οἴμοι”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European uwáy →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wáy →Every word from Ancient Greek οἴ →