Etymology Explorer › Norwegian Bokmål

Where does “bevæpne” come from?

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

bevæpne (Norwegian Bokmål): to arm

Definitions

  1. to arm

Ancestry of “bevæpne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbewaffnento arm
2Germanwaffe—
3Middle High Germanwāfen—
4Old High Germanwāfanweapon
5Proto-West Germanicwāpnweapon
6Proto-Germanicwēpnąweapon
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwēbnom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēbnom →