Where does “wæpnleas” come from?

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

wæpnleas (Old English): weaponless, unarmed

Definitions

  1. weaponless, unarmed

Ancestry of “wæpnleas”, step by step

wæpnleas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English wǣpn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwǣpnpenis; weapon
2Proto-West Germanicwāpnweapon
3Proto-Germanicwēpnąweapon
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwēbnom—

via Proto-Germanic wēpnalausaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwēpnalausazweaponless, unarmed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēbnom →Every word from Proto-Germanic wēpną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wāpn →