Where does “wewurt” come from?

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

wewurt (Old High German): disastrous fate or destiny

Definitions

  1. disastrous fate or destiny

Ancestry of “wewurt”, step by step

wewurt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German wē

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

via Proto-Germanic wurt-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
2Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wai →Every word from Proto-Germanic wai →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wai →
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