Where does “Waffen-SS” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Waffen-SS”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWaffeweapon, arm
2Old High Germanwāfanweapon
3Proto-West Germanicwāpnweapon
4Proto-Germanicwēpnąweapon
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwēbnom—

Words derived from “Waffen-SS”

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