wayment
English
verb
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) To lament.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English weymenten derived from waimenter (lament) derived from Frankish *wai, *wē (woe) derived from Proto-Germanic *wai (woe, expression of grief) derived from Latin lamentari (lament).
Origin
Latin
lamentari
Gloss
lament
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lamentari Latin
- Fernweh German
- Heimweh German
- Weh German
- Wehmut German
- Wehmutter German
- Zahnweh German
- weh German
- lamentál Hungarian
- guai Italian
- guaio Italian
- wee Dutch, Flemish
- οὐαί Ancient Greek
- *wai Proto-Indo-European
- *wáy Proto-Indo-European
- *wai Proto-Germanic
- wa Old English
- wā Old English
- weymenten Middle English
- wo Middle English
- woo Middle English
- vei Old Norse
- væla Old Norse
- gaimenter Old French
- wewurt Old High German
- wē Old High German
- we Middle High German
- 𐍅𐌰𐌹 Gothic
- אוי וויי Yiddish
- *wē Old Dutch
- wae Scots
- *wai Frankish
- *wai, *wē Frankish
- waimenter ONF.