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Where does “wai” come from?

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

wai (Proto-Italic): woe, alas

Definitions

  1. woe, alas

Ancestry of “wai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!

Words derived from “wai”

  • vae
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