Where does “Waff” come from?

Waff (Hunsrik) comes from Middle High German wāfen, from Old High German wāfan, from Proto-West Germanic wāpn, from Proto-Germanic wēpną, from Proto-Indo-European wēbnom.

Waff (Hunsrik): weapon, arm

Definitions

  1. weapon, arm

Ancestry of “Waff”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwāfenweapon
2Old High Germanwāfanweapon
3Proto-West Germanicwāpnweapon
4Proto-Germanicwēpnąweapon
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwēbnom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēbnom →Every word from Proto-Germanic wēpną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wāpn →