Where does “*wailos” come from?

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

*wailos (Proto-Celtic): poor, wretched

Definitions

  1. poor, wretched

Ancestry of “*wailos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwayloswolf; howler
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwáyoh!; ah!; woe!
3Proto-Indo-Europeanuwáyto see oneself

Words derived from “*wailos

Every word from Proto-Indo-European uwáyEvery word from Proto-Indo-European wáyEvery word from Proto-Indo-European waylos