Where does “uai” come from?

uai (Proto-Albanian) comes from Proto-Indo-European wáy, from Proto-Indo-European uwáy — to see oneself.

Ancestry of “uai”, step by step

uai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European wáy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwáyoh!; ah!; woe!
2Proto-Indo-Europeanuwáyto see oneself

via Proto-Indo-European uai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanuaiwoe!, alas!

Words derived from “uai”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European uwáy →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wáy →