
English word weep comes from Proto-Germanic *wōpaz (Shout, cry, wail.), Proto-Indo-European *weh₂b-, Proto-Indo-European *wēbnom, Proto-Indo-European *wāb-
*wōpaz (Proto-Germanic)
Shout, cry, wail.
*weh₂b- (Proto-Indo-European)
*wēbnom (Proto-Indo-European)
*wāb- (Proto-Indo-European)
*wēpną (Proto-Germanic)
Weapon.
wǣpen (Old English)
wæpen (Old English)
Penis. Weapon.
*wōpijaną (Proto-Germanic)
To cry out, to lament.
wepan (Old English)
To weep.
wēpan (Old English)
wepen (Middle English)
To weep (cry, produce tears).
weep (English)
(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.