oy vey
/ɔɪ̯ veɪ̯/
词源链
- yi
אוי וויי
借入
- 英语English
oy vey
词源说明
Borrowed from Yiddish אוי וויי (oy vey, literally “oh woe”), from Middle High German ōwē, from ō + wē, the latter being from Old High German wē, from Proto-Germanic *wai, from Proto-Indo-European *wai. Cognate with German o weh, Dutch oh wee, Latin vae, and Esperanto ho ve.