Where does “vay” come from?

vay (Turkish) comes from Persian وای, from Proto-Indo-European wai — oh!; woe!.

vay (Turkish): woe, alas!; "Vay, vay, vay!"

Definitions

  1. woe, alas!; "Vay, vay, vay!"

Ancestry of “vay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianوایalas!; woe, woe to!
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wai →Every word from Persian وای →