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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *wēpną