Where does “wevan” come from?

wevan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic *weban, from Proto-Germanic webaną, from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- — to weave, braid.

wevan (Old Saxon): to weave

Definitions

  1. to weave

Ancestry of “wevan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*weban—
2Proto-Germanicwebanąto weave
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwebʰ-to weave, braid
Every word from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic webaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic *weban →