English word weep comes from Proto-Germanic *wōpaz (Shout, cry, wail.), Proto-Indo-European *weh₂b-, Proto-Indo-European *wēbnom, Proto-Indo-European *wāb-
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*wōpaz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Shout, cry, wail. |
*weh₂b- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*wēbnom | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*wāb- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*wēpną | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Weapon. |
wǣpen | Old English (ang) | |
wæpen | Old English (ang) | Penis. Weapon. |
*wōpijaną | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | To cry out, to lament. |
wepan | Old English (ang) | To weep. |
wēpan | Old English (ang) | |
wepen | Middle English (enm) | To weep (cry, produce tears). |
weep | English (en) | (medicine, of a, wound or sore) To produce secretions.. (obsolete, transitive) To weep over; to bewail.. To cry; shed tears.. To flow in drops; to run in drops.. To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.. To lament; to complain. |