Where does “wef” come from?

wef (Old English) comes from Middle English weven, from Old English wefan, from Proto-West Germanic weban, from Proto-Germanic webaną, from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- — to weave, braid.

wef (Old English): web

Definitions

  1. web

Ancestry of “wef”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishwevenTo weave; to perform or do some weaving; To...
2Old Englishwefanto weave
3Proto-West Germanicwebanto weave
4Proto-Germanicwebanąto weave
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwebʰ-to weave, braid

Words derived from “wef”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic webaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic weban →