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

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈwɑp.sɔː/

    Noun

    *wapsō f

    1. wasp

    Inflection

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

    Descendants

    • Proto-West Germanic: *wapsu
      • Old English: wæps, wæsp, wæfs
        • Middle English: wasp, wappes, waps, waspe
          • English: wasp, waps (dialectal, chiefly African-American Vernacular and UK) (see there for further descendants)
          • Scots: wasp, wesp
      • Old Frisian: *waps
        • Saterland Frisian: Häspe, Gäspe
        • West Frisian: waps
      • Old Saxon: waspa
        • Middle Low German: wopse
      • Old Dutch: wapsa (attested in Latin text as uuapces)
      • Old High German: wafsa
      • → Old French: guespe, vespe, wespe, wapce (partially) (see there for further descendants)
    • → Proto-Finnic: *vaps
      • Finnish: vaapsahainen
      • Estonian: vapsik
      • Karelian: voapsahaine
      • Livonian: vaps
      • Veps: bapshaine
    • → Proto-Samic: *viepsēs (see there for further descendants)
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