Where does “weylawey” come from?

weylawey (Middle English) comes from Old English wā lā wā, from Old Norse vei, from Proto-Germanic wai, from Proto-Indo-European wai — oh!; woe!.

weylawey (Middle English): alack, alas, lackaday

Definitions

  1. alack, alas, lackaday

Ancestry of “weylawey”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwā lā wāalas, oh woe; weylawey
2Old Norseveiwoe
3Proto-Germanicwaiwoe! alas!
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!

Words derived from “weylawey”

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