Where does “” come from?

wǣ (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic wai, from Proto-Indo-European wai — oh!; woe!.

Ancestry of “”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwaiwoe! alas!
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!

Words derived from “

Every word from Proto-Indo-European waiEvery word from Proto-Germanic wai