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Where does “ウエー” come from?

ウエー (Japanese) comes from English Way, from Middle English way, from Old English weġ, from Proto-West Germanic weg, from Proto-Germanic wēgaz, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.

ウエー (Japanese): ウェイ A way

Definitions

  1. ウェイ A way

Ancestry of “ウエー”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWay—
2Middle Englishway—
3Old Englishweġway; path; way, road, path
4Proto-West Germanicwegway, road
5Proto-Germanicwēgazwave; sea
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport
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