Where does “gway” come from?

gway (Old French) comes from Frankish wai, from Proto-Germanic wai, from Proto-Indo-European wai — oh!; woe!.

Ancestry of “gway”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishwaiwoe; woe!, alas!
2Proto-Germanicwaiwoe! alas!
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!

Words derived from “gway”

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