Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vapsa-

This Proto-Finnic 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-Finnic

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian vapsva, Old Prussian wobse), from Proto-Indo-European *wops-éh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *wóps.

Noun

*vapsa-

1. wasp

Descendants

• Estonian: vapsik
• Finnish: vaapsahainen, (dialectal) vapsahainen, vapsainen, vapsalainen
• Ingrian: vaapsahain
• Karelian: voapsahaine
• Livonian: vaps
• Ludian: vuopsahaine
• Veps: bapshaine
• Võro: vask'lanõ, vask'lik
• Votic: vaapsõlain

Further reading

• “vapsik”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vaapsahainen”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN