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Where does “wabōną” come from?

wabōną (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- — to weave, braid.

Ancestry of “wabōną”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwebʰ-to weave, braid

Words derived from “wabōną”

  • wave
  • waves
  • wavelength
  • microwave
  • waveform
  • wavy
  • waveguide
  • waft
  • shortwave
  • wavefront
  • wavefunction
  • wavenumber
  • wavelike
  • brainwave
  • longwave
  • waveband
  • waveless
  • waviness
  • heatwave
  • multiwavelength
  • subwavelength
  • wavefield
  • microwavable
  • waveshape
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