guaio
Italian (Fiorentino)
/ˈɡwa.jo/
noun
Definitions
- (archaic) lament, lamentation, cry
- (archaic) hardship, misfortune
- (by extension) trouble, difficulty, mess, pickle, fix, woe, jam
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Germanic *wai (woe, expression of grief) derived from Ancient Greek οὐαί.
Origin
Ancient Greek
οὐαί
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- woe English
- woebegone English
- woefare English
- woeful English
- woeless English
- woesome English
- lamentari Latin
- vae Latin
- Fernweh German
- Heimweh German
- Weh German
- Wehmut German
- Wehmutter German
- Zahnweh German
- weh German
- guai Italian
- wee Dutch, Flemish
- οὐαί Ancient Greek
- *wai Proto-Indo-European
- *wáy Proto-Indo-European
- *wai Proto-Germanic
- wa Old English
- wā Old English
- wo Middle English
- vei Old Norse
- væla Old Norse
- wē Old High German
- we Middle High German
- 𐍅𐌰𐌹 Gothic
- אוי וויי Yiddish
- *wē Old Dutch
- *wai Proto-Italic
- *wai, *wē Frankish