Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wēpną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wēbnom.

Noun

*wēpną n

weapon

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *wēpną (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wēpną	*wēpnō
vocative	*wēpną	*wēpnō
accusative	*wēpną	*wēpnō
genitive	wēpnas, wēpnis	*wēpnǫ̂
dative	*wēpnai	*wēpnamaz
instrumental	*wēpnō	*wēpnamiz

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)
Old Norse: vápn, vákn
- Icelandic: vopn, vokn
- Faroese: vápn, vákn
- Norwegian: våpen
- Old Swedish: vapn, vakn
  - Swedish: vapen, vaken-, vång-
  - → Finnish: vaakuna
- Old Danish: wāpn, wākn
  - Danish: våben
- Westrobothnian: vapern, väken- (both from Swedish/Low German)
- Elfdalian: wapen, waken-
- Old Gutnish: vapn
  - Gutnish: vapen
- Scanian: vaben
- Middle English: wapen, wopen
  - Scots: wapyn, wappen
Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐍀𐌽 (wēpn)

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