wo

wo · interjection¹

Variant of who.

wo · noun²

Variant of woe.

wo · noun, verb³

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*weyk-“to bend, twist”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*waigaz“wall”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*waig
4. Old English · inherited fromwāh
5. Middle English · inherited fromwough
6. English todaywo

From Middle English wough, woh, wouh, from Old English wāh, wāg (“a wall, partition”), from Proto-West Germanic *waig, from Proto-Germanic *waigaz (“wall”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to bend, twist”). Cognate with Scots wauch, vauch.

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