Where does “wapan” come from?
wapan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic wēpną, from Proto-Indo-European wēbnom.
wapan (Old Saxon): weapon
Ancestry of “wapan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | wēpną | weapon |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | wēbnom | — |