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Where does “wéy-” come from?

wéy- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

Ancestry of “wéy-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “wéy-”

  • hours
  • hour
  • ours
  • hourly
  • whore
  • hoary
  • hoar
  • wor
  • hourglass
  • ourself
  • ourn
  • whoreson
  • whorish
  • hourlong
  • whoremonger
  • whenwe
  • hoariness
  • manwhore
  • whoremongering
  • multihour
  • whorishness
  • hourless
  • Unserdeutsch
  • hourglassing
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