Persian وای

← Arabic وَيْل (cognate)

← Aramaic וי (cognate)

← English woe (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *wai (inherited)

← Latin vae (cognate)

→ English woe (cognate)

→ Russian увы (cognate)

→ Scots wae (cognate)

→ Turkish vay (borrowed)

→ Old Armenian վայ (cognate)