Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wai

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Frankish

Alternative forms

• wē

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wai.

Interjection

*wai

1. woe!

Descendants

• Old Dutch: *wē
  • Middle Dutch: wee
    • Dutch: wee
• → Vulgar Latin: *wai, *guai
  • Emilian: ouais (Modenese)
  • Old French: gway, gwai, guai, way, wai
    • Middle French: vé, vee (merger with or from Latin vae)
      • French: vé (dialectical, Montbéliard)
  • Italian: guai
  • Portuguese: guai (obsolete)
  • Old Spanish: guay
    • Spanish: guay, guais (plural)
    • Ladino: guay, uay