Proto-Germanic: *wa[f]an-, *wōfian-; *wōpian-, *wōpa-n
Meaning: shout, cry
Gothic: wōpjan wk. `call loudly, call loud'
Old Norse: ȫpa wk. `rufen, schreien', ōp n. `Ruf, Geschrei'
Norwegian: vava `Unsinn reden'
Old Swedish: öpa vb.
Old Danish: öbä vb.
Old English: wäflia; wēpan, prt. wēop `weinen', wōp `Ruf, Geschrei, Weinen'
Old Saxon: wōpian, prt. wiop `id.', wōp `Jammer'
Old High German: wuoffen `jammern'; wuofan (prt. wiaf) `id.', wuof `Jammergeschrei'
Middle High German: wuof st. m. 'geschrei, bes. jammergeschrei, klage'wüefen wk 'rufen, schreien, brüllen, jammern, klagen, weinen'
