Where does “vee” come from?

vee (Finnish) comes from Swedish ve, from Old Swedish ve, from Old Norse vei, from Proto-Germanic wai, from Proto-Indo-European wai — oh!; woe!.

vee (Finnish): The name of the Latin-script letter V

Definitions

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter V

Ancestry of “vee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishvewoe, pity you!; woe, misery
2Old Swedishve—
3Old Norseveiwoe
4Proto-Germanicwaiwoe! alas!
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!

Words derived from “vee”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wai →Every word from Proto-Germanic wai →Every word from Old Norse vei →