Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wápsāˀ

This Proto-Balto-Slavic 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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂.

Noun

*wápsāˀ f

  1. wasp

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: lapsine
    • Latvian: vapsene, vapsine, lapsene, lapseņe
    • Old Lithuanian: vãpsas
      • Lithuanian: vapsvà
      • (dialectal): vãpsas, vapsà
  • West Baltic:
  • Proto-Slavic: *osà (see there for further descendants)
  • ? Proto-Finnic: *vapsa- (see there for further descendants)

References