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Where does “wai” come from?

wai (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European wai — oh!; woe!.

wai (Proto-Germanic): woe! alas!

Definitions

  1. woe! alas!

Ancestry of “wai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!

Words derived from “wai”

  • woe
  • wo
  • waning
  • woefully
  • woeful
  • woful
  • wofully
  • woebegone
  • Heimweh
  • woefulness
  • unwaning
  • wellaway
  • woesome
  • wofulness
  • woebegoneness
  • woebegonely
  • waniand
  • woegeous
  • woegeously
  • woeless
  • guaite
  • inguaiare
  • guaire
  • sguaiato
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