Where does “wapen” come from?

wapen (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch wapen, from Middle Dutch wâpen, from Old Dutch wāpan, from Proto-West Germanic wāpn, from Proto-Germanic wēpną, from Proto-Indo-European wēbnom.

wapen (Afrikaans): weapon, arms

Definitions

  1. weapon, arms

Ancestry of “wapen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwapenweapon; coat of arms; branch or division of the...
2Middle Dutchwâpen—
3Old Dutchwāpan—
4Proto-West Germanicwāpnweapon
5Proto-Germanicwēpnąweapon
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwēbnom—

Words derived from “wapen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēbnom →Every word from Proto-Germanic wēpną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wāpn →