Turkish pronunciation
hweyPronunciation
/ˈhwā/ /ˈhweɪ/
Etymology
[ 'hwA, 'wA ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English wheye, whei, from Old English hwǣġ, hweġ, from Proto-Germanic *hwajan (cf. West Frisian waei, Dutch wei, hui, Low German Woi, Wui), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kʷei 'to pile up, build' (cf. Old Church Slavonic чинъ (činŭ, “order”), Ancient Greek ποιέω (poiéō, “to pile up, make”), Sanskrit káya 'body').