Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wapsō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

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, ƿæps, ƿæsp
- Middle English: wasp, wappes, waps, waspe
  - English: wasp
    - 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: 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: wapce, wespe (conflation with Latin vespa)
  - Middle French: guespe
    - French: guêpe
  - Walloon: wesse
  - Norman: vêpe
  - Picard: wêpe
Old High German: wafsa; wefsa
- Middle High German: wespe, webse, wefse
  - Alemannic German: Wespi
  - Cimbrian: bèspa
  - German: Wespe
  - Hunsrik: Wesp

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