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Where does “wēpną” come from?

wēpną (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European wēbnom.

wēpną (Proto-Germanic): weapon

Definitions

  1. weapon

Ancestry of “wēpną”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwēbnom—

Words derived from “wēpną”

  • weapons
  • weapon
  • weeping
  • wept
  • weep
  • weaponry
  • Luftwaffe
  • weepy
  • weepest
  • wapentake
  • unwept
  • weaponization
  • weeper
  • weaponed
  • weepeth
  • superweapon
  • bioweapon
  • weaponize
  • weepingly
  • weaponisation
  • weepie
  • weepiness
  • unweaponed
  • nonweapons
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