Where does “wai” come from?

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

wai (Proto-West Germanic): woe!, alas!

Definitions

  1. woe!, alas!

Ancestry of “wai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwaiwoe! alas!
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!

Words derived from “wai”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wai →Every word from Proto-Germanic wai →