wefan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to weave
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *webaną (weave).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*webaną
Gloss
weave
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
織
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- weave English
- weft English
- σακχυφάντης Ancient Greek
- ὑφαίνω Ancient Greek
- *webʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- veve Norwegian Bokmål
- *webaną Proto-Germanic
- veva Norwegian Nynorsk
- weft Old English
- ōwef Old English
- oof Middle English
- wefe Middle English
- wefte Middle English
- weve Middle English
- weven Middle English
- wever Middle English
- weving Middle English
- vefa Old Norse
- væve Danish
- vefa Icelandic
- weven Middle Dutch
- wēven Middle Dutch
- weban Old High German
- veva Faroese
- weben Middle High German
- wiewen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *weban gmw-pro
- wevan Old Dutch
- wevan Old Saxon
- væva Old Swedish
- wefa Old Frisian
- wāp- Tocharian B
- wäp- Tocharian A
- *wäp- Proto-Tocharian