Where does “Waffe” come from?

Waffe (German) comes from Old High German wāfan, from Proto-West Germanic wāpn, from Proto-Germanic wēpną, from Proto-Indo-European wēbnom.

Waffe (German): weapon, arm

Definitions

  1. weapon, arm

Ancestry of “Waffe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanwāfanweapon
2Proto-West Germanicwāpnweapon
3Proto-Germanicwēpnąweapon
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwēbnom—

Words derived from “Waffe”

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