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

• *wafsō, *wepsō

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wops-éh₂, from *wóps.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑp.sɔː/

Noun

*wapsō f

1. 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

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *wapsu
  • Old English: wæps, wæsp, wæfs
    • Middle English: wasp, wappes, waps, waspe
      • English: wasp, waps
        • Sranan Tongo: waswasi (reduplicated)
      • 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)