Where does “וועבן” come from?

וועבן (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German weben, from Old High German weban, from Proto-West Germanic weban, from Proto-Germanic webaną, from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- — to weave, braid.

וועבן (Yiddish): weave

Definitions

  1. weave

Ancestry of “וועבן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanweben—
2Old High Germanwebanto weave
3Proto-West Germanicwebanto weave
4Proto-Germanicwebanąto weave
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwebʰ-to weave, braid

Words derived from “וועבן”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic webaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic weban →