weapon
(Engels)
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈwɛp.ən/
Etimologie (Engels)
In summary
From Middle English wepen, from Old English wǣpn, from Proto-West Germanic *wāpn, from Proto-Germanic *wēpną (“weapon”), of unknown origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wēbnom. Cognate with Scots wapyn, wappen (“weapon”), Saterland Frisian Woapen (“weapon”), West Frisian and Dutch wapen (“weapon; coat of arms”), German Waffe (“weapon”) and Wappen (“coat of arms”), Low German wapen (“weapon”), Luxembourgish Waff (“weapon”), Danish våben (“weapon; coat of arms”), Faroese vápn, vákn (“weapon; whaling lance”), Icelandic vopn (“weapon”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk våpen (“weapon”), Swedish vapen (“weapon; coat of arms”), Yiddish וואָפֿן (vofn, “weapon”).
Related words
weapon system
shot gun
lethal weapon
lethal tools
military equipment
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