Where does “wāpan” come from?

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

Ancestry of “wāpan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “wāpan”

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