Proto-IE: *(o)way
Meaning: alas
Old Indian: uvé 'an interjection'
Avestan: vayōi, āvōya 'wehe!'
Armenian: vay 'Wehe, Unglück'
Old Greek: oá, sei alexandrin. Zeit u̯á, u̯ā̃, u̯ái̯, NGreek vái; oizdǘ-s 'Weh, Jammer, Unglück'
Germanic: Got wai, OIsl vei usw.; OHG wēwo, wēwa 'Wehe, Schmerz, Leid', OSax wē, gen. wēwes, OE wāwa, wēa, OIsl vǟ, vē (> Finn vaiva 'Plage, Elend')
Latin: vae
Celtic: MIr fāe, Cymr gwae 'weh!'
Russ. meaning: увы
