<span class="searchmatch">hwæiġ</span>, hwēġ From Proto-Germanic *hwajją, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (“to pile up, build”). IPA(key): /xwæːj/, [ʍæːj] hwǣġ n whey Strong a-stem:...
(wine–whine merger) From Middle English whey, wheye, whei, from Old English hwǣġ, <span class="searchmatch">hwæiġ</span>, hwæġ, hweġ (“whey”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwaij (“whey”) (compare...