Where does “וויי” come from?

וויי (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German wē, from Old High German wē, from Proto-West Germanic wai, from Proto-Germanic wai, from Proto-Indo-European wai — oh!; woe!.

וויי (Yiddish): pain; woe

Definitions

  1. pain; woe

Ancestry of “וויי”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwē—
2Old High Germanwēwoe
3Proto-West Germanicwaiwoe!, alas!
4Proto-Germanicwaiwoe! alas!
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!

Words derived from “וויי”

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