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Where does “vefa” come from?

vefa (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse vefa, from Proto-Germanic webaną, from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- — to weave, braid.

vefa (Icelandic): to weave

Definitions

  1. to weave

Ancestry of “vefa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevefato weave
2Proto-Germanicwebanąto weave
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwebʰ-to weave, braid
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