Where does “weave” come from?

Weave comes from Middle English weven, from Old English wefan, from Proto-Germanic webaną, from Proto-Indo-European webʰ-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European weyp-.

weave (English): To form something by passing lengths or strands...

Definitions

  1. To form something by passing lengths or strands...

Ancestry of “weave”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishwevenTo weave; to perform or do some weaving; To...
2Old Englishwefanto weave
3Proto-West Germanicwebanto weave
4Proto-Germanicwebanąto weave
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwebʰ-to weave, braid

Words derived from “weave”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- →