Where does “Wei” come from?
Wei (German Low German) comes from Middle Low German wei, from Old Saxon hwei, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaij.
Wei (German Low German): whey
Ancestry of “Wei”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | wei | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | hwei | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *hwaij | — |