Where does “wae” come from?

wae (Scots) comes from Old English wā, from Proto-West Germanic wai, from Proto-Germanic wai, from Proto-Indo-European wai — oh!; woe!.

wae (Scots): woe

Definitions

  1. woe

Ancestry of “wae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwāwoe
2Proto-West Germanicwaiwoe!, alas!
3Proto-Germanicwaiwoe! alas!
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!

Words derived from “wae”

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