It is descended from Old Englishwé, which was pronounced something like way in modern English. It is related to Germanwir, Dutchwij, Frisianwy, and Danishvi.
... Poesie and ihre Geschichte (1885)
Studien (1839-47)
Neue Studien (1875-78).
He published also an autobiography entitled Von Magdeburg nach Königsberg (1873), ...