Weh
German (Berlin)
/veː/
noun
Definitions
- psychological suffering; misery, woe
- (less commonly) physical suffering, pain
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German we inherited from Old High German wē (woe) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wai (woe, expression of grief).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wai
Gloss
woe, expression of grief
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- wayment English
- woe English
- woebegone English
- woefare English
- woeful English
- woeless English
- woesome English
- lamentari Latin
- Fernweh German
- Heim German
- Heimweh German
- Mut German
- Mutter German
- Wehmut German
- Wehmutter German
- Zahn German
- Zahnweh German
- fern German
- weh German
- wehmütig German
- guai Italian
- guaio Italian
- wee Dutch, Flemish
- οὐαί Ancient Greek
- *wai Proto-Indo-European
- *wáy Proto-Indo-European
- *wai Proto-Germanic
- ve Norwegian Nynorsk
- wa Old English
- weg-lā-weg Old English
- wā Old English
- weymenten Middle English
- wo Middle English
- woo Middle English
- vei Old Norse
- váði Old Norse
- væla Old Norse
- hjemve Danish
- ildsvåde Danish
- ve Danish
- våde Danish
- weemoede Middle Dutch
- wewurt Old High German
- wē Old High German
- we Middle High German
- 𐍅𐌰𐌹 Gothic
- אוי וויי Yiddish
- *wē Old Dutch
- wēmōt Middle Low German
- ve Old Swedish
- wae Scots
- waeful Scots
- *wai, *wē Frankish
- Heemweh Pennsylvania German
- Weh Pennsylvania German