Where does “wāfan” come from?

wāfan (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic wāpn, from Proto-Germanic wēpną, from Proto-Indo-European wēbnom.

wāfan (Old High German): weapon

Definitions

  1. weapon

Ancestry of “wāfan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “wāfan”

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