Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wai
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wai. Compare Latin vae, Lithuanian vaĩ, vái, Russian увы́ (uvý, “alas”), Middle Irish fáe, Welsh gwae (“woe”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬫𐬋𐬌 (vayōi), Sanskrit उवे (uvé), Persian وای (vây).
Pronunciation
Interjection
*wai
Related terms
Descendants
- Old English: wā, wei, wǣ
- Old Frisian: wach, *wē
- Old Saxon: wah, wē
- Frankish: *wai
- Old High German: wah, wa, wē
- Old Norse: vei, væ
- Icelandic: vei
- Faroese: vei, veiggj
- Norwegian: vei
- Old Swedish: ve, vē
- Swedish: ve
- Danish: ve
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- → Middle English: waȝȝ, wæi, wei, weye, wai
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌹 (wai)
References
- Martin Findell Phonological Evidence from the Continental Runic Inscriptions (2012), citing Schneider (1980) (reconstructs *wai and notes the Gothic, ON, OE, OS and OHG descendants)