Where does “wæpn” come from?

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

wæpn (Old English): weapon

Definitions

  1. weapon

Ancestry of “wæpn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwāpnweapon
2Proto-Germanicwēpnąweapon
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwēbnom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēbnom →Every word from Proto-Germanic wēpną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wāpn →