Where does “wapen” come from?

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

wapen (Dutch): weapon; coat of arms; branch or division of the...

Definitions

  1. weapon; coat of arms; branch or division of the...

Ancestry of “wapen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchwâpen—
2Old Dutchwāpan—
3Proto-West Germanicwāpnweapon
4Proto-Germanicwēpnąweapon
5Proto-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 →