Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/waspijā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From *wapsu +‎ *-jā (agent suffix).

Noun edit

*waspijā f

wasp
Synonym: *wapsu

Inflection edit

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*waspijā
Genitive	*waspijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*waspijā	*waspijōn
Accusative	*waspijōn	*waspijōn
Genitive	*waspijōn	*waspijōnō
Dative	*waspijōn	waspijōm, waspijum
Instrumental	*waspijōn	waspijōm, waspijum

Descendants edit

Old Frisian: *wepse
- Saterland Frisian: Wäspe
  - ⇒ Saterland Frisian: Wispel f
- West Frisian: weps, weeps, meeps
Old Saxon: wepsia, wespia
- Middle Low German: wespe, wispe
  - German Low German:
    Holsteinisch: Weps, Wȩps (Dithmarsisch)
    Low Prussian:
    Natangisch-Bartisch: Wösp, Wespe
    Samländisch: Wispe
    Westphalian:
    Bentheimisch: Wöpse
    Dortmundisch: Wiəpsche
    Münsterländisch: Wöpse
    Westmünsterländisch: Wepse, Wöpse
    East Westphalian: Wäspe (Lippisch, Paderbornisch), Wispe f (Ravensbergisch)
    - Plautdietsch: Wespe
  - → Middle High German: wespe
    - Alemannic German: Wespi
    - Cimbrian: bèspa
    - German: Wespe
    - Hunsrik: Wesp
    - Yiddish: וועספּ (vesp)
  - → Danish: hveps
  - → Norwegian: veps, kvefs
Old Dutch: *wespa
- Middle Dutch: wespe
  - Dutch: wesp, (archaic, dialectal) wespe
    - Afrikaans: wespe
  - West Flemish: waspe, wespe
Old High German: wefsa, wespa, wefs, wafsī; wefsih m
- Middle High German: webse, wefse
  - Bavarian: Weps, Webes
  - Swabian: Wefz