Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wāpn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wēpną.

Noun

*wāpn n

1. weapon

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wāpn
Genitive	*wāpnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wāpn	*wāpnu
Accusative	*wāpn	*wāpnu
Genitive	*wāpnas	*wāpnō
Dative	*wāpnē	*wāpnum
Instrumental	*wāpnu	*wāpnum

Derived terms

• *gawāpnī
• *wāpnijan
• *wāpnōn

Descendants

• Old English: wǣpn, wǣpen
  • Middle English: wæpenn, wepen
    • English: weapon
    • Scots: weipen, weapoun, weapon
• Old Frisian: *wāpin, wēpin
  • Saterland Frisian: Woapen
  • West Frisian: wapen
• Old Saxon: wāpan
  • Middle Low German: wāpen
    • German Low German: Wapen, Wopen
    • → Middle High German: wāpen
      • German: Wappen
• Old Dutch: wāpan
  • Middle Dutch: wapen
    • Dutch: wapen
• Old High German: wāfan
  • Middle High German: wāfen, wapen
    • Alemannic German: Waaffe
    • Central Franconian:
      • Hunsrik: Waff
      • Luxembourgish: Waff
    • German: Waffe
      • → German Low German: Waffe
    • Yiddish: וואָפֿן (vofn)