Where does “wāfen” come from?

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

wāfen (Middle High German): weapon

Definitions

  1. weapon

Ancestry of “wāfen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “wāfen”

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