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Where does “vei” come from?

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

vei (Old Norse): woe

Definitions

  1. woe

Ancestry of “vei”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vei”

  • wellaway
  • ve
  • veer
  • ve
  • weylawey
  • weg-lā-weg
  • wā lā wā
  • ve
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wai →