wee

wee · adjective, noun¹

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*wēgō“scales, weight”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*wāgu
3. Old English · inherited fromwǣġ
4. Middle English · inherited fromwey
5. English todaywee

From Middle English wey, weygh, wegh, weȝe, wæȝe (“little bit”), from Old English wǣġ, wǣġe (“weight”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō (“scales, weight”) and *wēgǭ (“weight”), related to Middle English weġan (“to move, weigh”) (15c).

wee · noun, verb²

Onomatopoeic for the sound of urination. The noun derives from the verb.

wee · pronoun³

See we.

Wee · proper noun⁴

Borrowed from Hokkien 黃／黄 (Ûiⁿ), etc.

Words from the same roots