Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wāpn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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	Plural
Nominative	*wāpn	*wāpnu
Accusative	*wāpn	*wāpnu
Genitive	*wāpnas	*wāpnō
Dative	*wāpnē	*wāpnum
Instrumental	*wāpnu	*wāpnum

Descendants

Old English: wǣpen
- Middle English: wæpenn, wepen
  - Scots: weipen, weapoun, weapon
  - English: weapon
Old Frisian: *wāpin, wēpin
- Saterland Frisian: Woapen
- West Frisian: wapen
Old Saxon: wāpan
- Middle Low German: wāpen
  - Low German: Wapen
  - → 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
  - German: Waffe
    - → German Low German: Waffe
  - Yiddish: וואָפֿן‎ (vofn)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 149: “PWGmc *wāpn”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 149: “PWGmc *wāpn”