Where does “Woapen” come from?

Woapen (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Frisian wāpin, from Proto-West Germanic wāpn, from Proto-Germanic wēpną, from Proto-Indo-European wēbnom.

Woapen (Saterland Frisian): weapon

Definitions

  1. weapon

Ancestry of “Woapen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianwāpin—
2Proto-West Germanicwāpnweapon
3Proto-Germanicwēpnąweapon
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwēbnom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēbnom →Every word from Proto-Germanic wēpną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wāpn →