Proto-Germanic
*wēpną
‘weapon’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *wēpną.
3 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *wēpną, most familiar first.
- weapon ← wepen ← wǣpn ← *wāpn
- weeping ← wepynge ← wepen ← wēpn ← *wāpn
- weaponless ← wepenles ← wǣpenlēas ← *wēpnalausaz
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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *wēpną