German weinen

← Old English wānian (cognate)

← German Weh (mention)

← English woe (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *wainōną (inherited)

← Middle High German weinen (inherited)

← Old High German weonon (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *wáy (derived)

← Dutch wenen (cognate)

→ English ween (cognate)

→ Cimbrian bòoneg (cognate)

→ German weinerlich (mention)

→ German beweinen (prefix)

→ German Weinkrampf (compound)

→ German ausweinen (prefix)

→ Dutch wenen (cognate)

→ Yiddish וויינען (cognate)