u̯ā̆i-, u̯ī-

    u̯ā̆i-, u̯ī-

    English meaning: weak, miserable

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schwach, elend”

    Material: O.Ind. vǘ yati, vüyatē “wird faint, languid, erschöpft”, abhi-vüta- “ sick “ (vüta- “dry, arid”), vüyá- “ tired “; Welsh gwael “ärmlich, low” (*u̯ai-lo-); O.Welsh guoilaut, Welsh gwaelod etc. “ residuum “; O.E. wīl “ crowdedness, need”, O.Ice. vīl ds.; Lith. vójęs participle “leidend”, Ltv. vâjš, f. vâja “ lean, weak, sick, woeful, wretched, miserable “, vâjums ‘schwäche, disease, malady”.

    References: WP. I 213 f., WH. II 789 f., Loth RC. 39, 417.