Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *wēpnąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_wēpną
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yepe
nounneutera-stemweaponOf uncertain origin.Based on the variant form *wēbną (whence Old Norse vámn, Old English wǣmn), Kroonen derives both from an earlier noun *wēbō, itself from an iterative verb *wappōną (‘to wave, shake’) (whence Old English wafian (‘to wave’), Old High German waben, wappen (‘to waver, shake’), Dutch wapperen (‘idem’)). Said verb is thought to be either sound-symbolic or related to Proto-Germanic *webaną (‘to weave’).Other theories tentatively compare Tocharian B yepe (knife); if so, both may derive from a Proto-Indo-European form such as *wēbnom or *wēben.