beweep

The story

1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*biwōpijan“to weep over”
2. Old English · inherited frombewēpan“to weep over, mourn, bewail”
3. Middle English · inherited frombewepen
4. English todaybeweep

From Middle English bewepen, biwepen, from Old English bewēpan (“to weep over, mourn, bewail”), from Proto-West Germanic *biwōpijan (“to weep over”), equivalent to be- + weep. Cognate with Old Frisian biwēpa (“to beweep”), Old Saxon biwōpian (“to beweep”).