Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/waspijā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *wapsu +‎ *-jā (agent suffix).

Noun

*waspijā f

1. wasp

   Synonym: *wapsu

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*waspijā
Genitive	*waspijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*waspijā	*waspijōn
Accusative	*waspijōn	*waspijōn
Genitive	*waspijōn	*waspijōnō
Dative	*waspijōn	*waspijōm, *waspijum
Instrumental	*waspijōn	*waspijōm, *waspijum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *wepse
  • Saterland Frisian: Wäspe
    • ⇒ Saterland Frisian: Wispel f
  • West Frisian: weps, weeps, meeps
• Old Saxon: wepsia, wespia
  • Middle Low German: wespe, wispe
    • German Low German:

      Holsteinisch: Weps, Wȩps (Dithmarsisch)

      Low Prussian:

      Natangisch-Bartisch: Wösp, Wespe

      Samländisch: Wispe

      Westphalian:

      Bentheimisch: Wöpse

      Dortmundisch: Wiəpsche

      Münsterländisch: Wöpse

      Westmünsterländisch: Wepse, Wöpse

      East Westphalian: Wäspe (Lippisch, Paderbornisch), Wispe f (Ravensbergisch)

      • Plautdietsch: Wespe
    • → Middle High German: wespe
      • Alemannic German: Wespi
      • Cimbrian: bèspa
      • German: Wespe
      • Hunsrik: Wesp
      • Yiddish: וועספּ (vesp)
    • → Danish: hveps
    • → Norwegian: veps, kvefs
• Old Dutch: *wespa
  • Middle Dutch: wespe
    • Dutch: wesp, (archaic, dialectal) wespe
      • Afrikaans: wespe
    • West Flemish: waspe, wespe
• Old High German: wefsa, wespa, wefs, wafsī; wefsih m
  • Middle High German: webse, wefse
    • Bavarian: Weps, Webes
    • Swabian: Wefz