Where does “vakn” come from?

vakn (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse vápn, from Proto-Germanic wēpną, from Proto-Indo-European wēbnom.

Ancestry of “vakn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevápnweapon
2Proto-Germanicwēpnąweapon
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwēbnom—

Words derived from “vakn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēbnom →Every word from Proto-Germanic wēpną →Every word from Old Norse vápn →
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