köken: Inherited from Old French peine, from Latin poena, from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “penalty, fine, bloodmoney”).
aile: à chaque jour suffit sa peine, à grand-peine, à peine, âme en peine, faire de la peine, faire peine à voir, ne pas être au bout de ses peines, peine capitale, peine de cœur, peine de mort
problem, issue, challenge (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with) · trouble (in the singular or in the plural) · question, dilemma, conundrum
köken: Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *wai (“expression of grief”). Alternatively from Ancient Greek οὐαί (ouaí), from the verse in Revelation 8:13. Compare English woe, German Weh, Latin vae.
aile: guai, guaire, inguaiare, inguaiarsi
Quivi sospiri, pianti e alti guai risonavan per l'aere sanza stelle, per ch'io al cominciar ne lagrimai.
subitamente gli parve udire un grandissimo pianto, et guai altissimi messi da una donna
[…] in sempiterni guai pianga tua stirpe a tutto il mondo oscura