Where does “wâpen” come from?

wâpen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch wāpan, from Proto-West Germanic wāpn, from Proto-Germanic wēpną, from Proto-Indo-European wēbnom.

Ancestry of “wâpen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “wâpen”

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