Where does “ōwē” come from?

ōwē (Middle High German) comes from Middle High German wē, from Old High German wē, from Proto-West Germanic wai, from Proto-Germanic wai, from Proto-Indo-European wai — oh!; woe!.

Ancestry of “ōwē”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwē—
2Old High Germanwēwoe
3Proto-West Germanicwaiwoe!, alas!
4Proto-Germanicwaiwoe! alas!
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!

Words derived from “ōwē”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wai →Every word from Proto-Germanic wai →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wai →