Where does “weedoonen” come from?

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

weedoonen (Plautdietsch): to be painful

Definitions

  1. to be painful

Ancestry of “weedoonen”, step by step

weedoonen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Wee

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschWeepain, ache, hurting
2Middle Low Germanwēwe—
3Old Saxon*wēwo—
4Proto-Germanicwaiwôwoe, grief, misery; evil, wickedness, malice
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!

via Plautdietsch doonen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plautdietschdoonento do
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wai →Every word from Proto-Germanic waiwô →Every word from Old Saxon *wēwo →