Where does “weben” come from?

weben (German) comes from Middle High German weben, from Old High German weban, from Proto-West Germanic weban, from Proto-Germanic webaną, from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- — to weave, braid.

weben (German): to weave; to intertwine

Definitions

  1. to weave; to intertwine

Ancestry of “weben”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanweben—
2Old High Germanwebanto weave
3Proto-West Germanicwebanto weave
4Proto-Germanicwebanąto weave
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwebʰ-to weave, braid

Words derived from “weben”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- →