Where does “wapan” come from?

wapan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic wēpną, from Proto-Indo-European wēbnom.

wapan (Old Saxon): weapon

Definitions

  1. weapon

Ancestry of “wapan”, step by step

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