weh

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German word weh comes from Westrobothnian meg, Proto-Indo-European *uai, and later Proto-Germanic *wai (Woe! alas! (expression of grief).)

meg (Westrobothnian)

Me (first-person accusative and dative singular personal pronoun).

*uai (Proto-Indo-European)

*wai (Proto-Germanic)

Woe! alas! (expression of grief).

wē (Old High German)

weh (German)

Alas! woe! Sore, painful.

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