Where does “waimenter” come from?

waimenter (Anglo-Norman) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic wai-, from Proto-Indo-European dwey- — to fear.

Ancestry of “waimenter”, step by step

waimenter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Balto-Slavic wai-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicwai-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeandwey-to fear

via Latin lāmentārī

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlāmentārī—

Words derived from “waimenter”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwey- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic wai- →