wasp
Middle English
/wasp/
noun
Definitions
- wasp
Etymology
Inherited from Old English wæps inherited from Proto-Germanic *wapsō (wasp) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰséh₂.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wobʰséh₂
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiwasp English
- wasp English
- waspdom English
- wasphood English
- waspie English
- waspish English
- waspless English
- wasplike English
- waspling English
- waspy English
- woodwasp English
- vespa Latin
- Wespe German
- vespa Italian
- *wobʰseh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *wobʰséh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *wapsō Proto-Germanic
- *wepsō Proto-Germanic
- wæps Old English
- wæsp Old English
- wefsa Old High German
- vespo Ido
- *wespa Frankish
- *waps Old Frisian
- waswasi Sranan Tongo