Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wapsō

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *wafsō, *wepsō

Etymology

From earlier *wabsō, from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“to weave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑp.sɔː/

Noun

*wapsō f

1. wasp

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *wapsō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wapsō	*wapsôz
vocative	*wapsō	*wapsôz
accusative	*wapsǭ	*wapsōz
genitive	*wapsōz	*wapsǫ̂
dative	*wapsōi	*wapsōmaz
instrumental	*wapsō	*wapsōmiz

Derived terms

• *wapsijō

Descendants

• Old English: wæps, wæsp, wæfs
  • Middle English: wasp, wappes, waps, waspe
    • English: wasp, waps
      • Sranan Tongo: waswasi (reduplicated)
    • Scots: wasp, wesp
• Old Frisian: *waps; *weps
  • Saterland Frisian: Häspe
  • West Frisian: waps; weps, weeps, meeps
• Old Saxon: waspa; wespa; wepsia (< *waspijō)
  • Middle Low German: wespe, wispe, wopse
    • German Low German: Wȩps, Weps; Wispel
    • Low German: Wösp, Wöps
    • → Norwegian: veps, kvefs
    • → Danish: hveps
• Frankish: *wapsa, *wepsa, *wespa
  • Old Dutch: *wespa, *wapsa
    • Middle Dutch: wespe
      • Dutch: wesp, (archaic, dialectal) wespe
        • Afrikaans: wespe
      • West Flemish: waspe, wespe
  • → Old French: guespe (see there for further descendants)
• Old High German: wafsa; wefsa
  • Middle High German: wespe, webse, wefse
    • Alemannic German: Wespi
    • Cimbrian: bèspa
    • German: Wespe
    • Hunsrik: Wesp