Where does “Wei” come from?

Wei (German Low German) comes from Middle Low German wei, from Old Saxon hwei, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaij — whey.

Wei (German Low German): whey

Definitions

  1. whey

Ancestry of “Wei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanwei—
2Old Saxonhwei—
3Proto-West Germanic*hwaijwhey
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hwaij →Every word from Old Saxon hwei →Every word from Middle Low German wei →