Where does “wefe” come from?

wefe (Middle English) comes from Old English wefan, from Proto-West Germanic weban, from Proto-Germanic webaną, from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- — to weave, braid.

Ancestry of “wefe”, step by step

wefe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English wefan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwefanto weave
2Proto-West Germanicwebanto weave
3Proto-Germanicwebanąto weave
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwebʰ-to weave, braid

via Old Norse veifa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseveifato wave
2Proto-Germanicwaibijanąto wind (around), wrap
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweyp-to shake, tremble, agitate; to swing, sway; to...
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