Where does “vae” come from?

vae (Old Tosk) comes from Old Albanian voe, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ōwyóm, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éwis — bird.

Ancestry of “vae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Albanianvoe—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ōwyómegg
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éwisbird

Words derived from “vae”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éwis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ōwyóm →Every word from Old Albanian voe →