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 edit

Alternative forms edit

*wafsō, *wepsō

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈwɑp.sɔː/

Noun edit

*wapsō f

wasp

Inflection edit

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 edit

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)