Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waiwô

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

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

*wēwô

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wai.

Noun

*waiwô m

woe, grief, misery
evil, wickedness, malice

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *waiwô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*waiwô	*waiwaniz
vocative	*waiwô	*waiwaniz
accusative	*waiwanų	*waiwanunz
genitive	*waiwiniz	*waiwanǫ̂
dative	*waiwini	*waiwammaz
instrumental	*waiwinē	*waiwammiz

Related terms

*wai
*wainagaz
*wainōną
*waiwō

Descendants

Old English: wēa, wāwa, ƿēa
- Middle English: we, wee, wea, wæ; wowe
Old Saxon: *wēwo
- Middle Low German: wēwe
Frankish: *waiwo
- Old Dutch: *wēwo
  - Middle Dutch: weewe
    - Dutch: wee
- → Vulgar Latin: *waius, *guaius
  - Italian: guaio
  - Portuguese: guaya
  - Old Spanish: guaya
    - Spanish: guaya
    - Ladino: guaya
Old High German: wēwo
- Middle High German: wēwe
  - German: Weh
Old Norse: vá, vó, vo (< *waiwō)
→ Finnish: vaiva (< *waiwō)