Wespe
German (Berlin)
/ˈvɛspə/
noun
Definitions
- wasp insect
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German wefse inherited from Old High German wefsa (wasp) derived from Middle Low German wespe derived from Old Saxon wespa derived from Latin vespa (wasp) derived from Proto-Germanic *wapsō (wasp) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (wasp).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wobʰseh₂
Gloss
wasp
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiwasp English
- vespiary English
- wasp English
- waspdom English
- wasphood English
- waspie English
- waspish English
- waspless English
- wasplike English
- waspling English
- waspy English
- woodwasp English
- *vespis Latin
- vespa Latin
- vespārium Latin
- -n- German
- Nest German
- Stachel German
- Taille German
- Wespennest German
- Wespenstachel German
- Wespentaille German
- vespa Italian
- bladwesp Dutch, Flemish
- mierwesp Dutch, Flemish
- sluipwesp Dutch, Flemish
- wesp Dutch, Flemish
- wespendief Dutch, Flemish
- wespennest Dutch, Flemish
- wespenspin Dutch, Flemish
- wespentaille Dutch, Flemish
- wespspin Dutch, Flemish
- zaagwesp Dutch, Flemish
- guêpe French
- guêpier French
- guêpière French
- *Heu- Proto-Indo-European
- *webʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wobʰseh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *wobʰséh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *wapsō Proto-Germanic
- *wepsō- Proto-Germanic
- wæps Old English
- wæsp Old English
- wasp Middle English
- *osa Proto-Slavic
- guespe Old French
- vespe Old French
- wespe Old French
- vespo Esperanto
- avespa Galician
- viespe Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- wespe Middle Dutch
- wefsa Old High German
- *lapsa Latvian
- lapsene Latvian
- vespo Ido
- wesp Afrikaans
- wefse Middle High German
- wespe Middle High German
- guespe Middle French
- vespa Old Portuguese
- wespe Middle Low German
- bèspa Cimbrian
- wepsia Old Saxon
- wespa Old Saxon
- Wespi Alemannic German
- *wospā Proto-Italic
- aviespa Asturian
- gjespe Friulian
- *wespa Frankish
- vespa Old Occitan
- *waps Old Frisian
- biespa Old Spanish
- vespa Sicilian
- Wepse Low German
- djèp Haitian, Haitian Creole
- gèp Haitian, Haitian Creole
- gueîpe Bourguignon
- wesp Vilamovian
- waswasi Sranan Tongo
- wobse Old Prussian
- vépre Franc-Comtois