Where does “ve” come from?

ve (Esperanto) comes from German weh, from Middle High German wē, from Old High German wē, from Proto-West Germanic wai, from Proto-Germanic wai, from Proto-Indo-European wai — oh!; woe!.

ve (Esperanto): alas, woe

Definitions

  1. alas, woe

Ancestry of “ve”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwehsore, painful; alas! woe!
2Middle High Germanwē—
3Old High Germanwēwoe
4Proto-West Germanicwaiwoe!, alas!
5Proto-Germanicwaiwoe! alas!
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!

Words derived from “ve”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wai →Every word from Proto-Germanic wai →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wai →