It is descended from Old Englishwé, which was pronounced something like way in modern English. It is related to Germanwir, Dutchwij, Frisianwy, and Danishvi.
... with them, 58.8% are married couples living together, 12.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 24.0% are non-families. 19.0% of all households are made ...