Where does “*wai” come from?

*wai (Proto-Celtic) comes from Proto-Indo-European wáy, from Proto-Indo-European uwáy — to see oneself.

*wai (Proto-Celtic): woe!

Definitions

  1. woe!

Ancestry of “*wai”, step by step

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

Words derived from “*wai”

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