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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).).

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Weh detailed word origin explanation

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
meg	Westrobothnian (gmq-bot)	Me (first-person accusative and dative singular personal pronoun).
*uai	Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*wai	Proto-Germanic (gem-pro)	Woe! alas! (expression of grief).
wē	Old High German (goh)
weh	German (deu)	Alas! woe! Sore, painful.