Where does “Wee” come from?

Wee (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German wēwe, from Old Saxon *wēwo, from Proto-Germanic waiwô, from Proto-Indo-European wai — oh!; woe!.

Wee (Plautdietsch): pain, ache, hurting

Definitions

  1. pain, ache, hurting

Ancestry of “Wee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanwēwe—
2Old Saxon*wēwo—
3Proto-Germanicwaiwôwoe, grief, misery; evil, wickedness, malice
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!

Words derived from “Wee”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wai →Every word from Proto-Germanic waiwô →Every word from Old Saxon *wēwo →