Yiddish אוי וויי

← German o weh (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *wai (derived)

← Middle High German ōwē (inherited)

← Middle High German ō (mention)

← Middle High German wē (mention)

← Old High German wē (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *wai (derived)

→ English oy vey (borrowed)

→ German auweia (derived)

→ Hungarian ajvé (derived)

→ Polish aj waj (borrowed)