weave

weave · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*webʰ-“to weave, braid”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*webaną
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*weban
4. Old English · inherited fromwefan“to weave”
5. Middle English · inherited fromweven“to weave”
6. English todayweave

From Middle English weven (“to weave”), from Old English wefan (“to weave”), from Proto-West Germanic *weban, from Proto-Germanic *webaną, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to weave, braid”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian weev, weew, weewe (“to weave”), Saterland Frisian weeuwe (“to weave”), Dutch weven (“to weave”), German weben (“to weave”), Luxembourgish wiewen (“to weave”), Yiddish וועבן (vebn, “to weave”), Danish væve (“to weave”), Faroese veva (“to weave”), Icelandic vefa (“to weave”), Norwegian Bokmål veve (“to weave”), Norwegian Nynorsk veva, veve (“to weave”), Swedish väva (“to weave”).

weave · verb²

1. Old Norse · derived fromveifa“move around, wave”
2. Middle English · inherited fromweven“to wander”
3. English todayweave

From Middle English weven (“to wander”); probably from Old Norse veifa (“move around, wave”), related to Latin vibrare.

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