Where does “wēwe” come from?

wēwe (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon *wēwo, from Proto-Germanic waiwô, from Proto-Indo-European wai — oh!; woe!.

Ancestry of “wēwe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxon*wēwo—
2Proto-Germanicwaiwôwoe, grief, misery; evil, wickedness, malice
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!

Words derived from “wēwe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wai →Every word from Proto-Germanic waiwô →Every word from Old Saxon *wēwo →